Limits of knowledge

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The heart of another is a dark forest, always, no matter how close it has been to one’s own.

Willa Cather

The Professor's House

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Limits of knowledge Inscrutability Connecting with others Intimacy

Author

Willa Cather

Source

The Professor's House

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1925 1920s 20th century

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Citation

Cather, Willa. The Professor's House. Alfred A. Knopf, 1925, bk. 1, ch. 8.

All we know is still infinitely less than all that still remains unknown.

William Harvey

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The unknown Limits of knowledge

Author

William Harvey

Genre

Scientific literature

Language

Latin

Time

1628 1620s 17th century

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Harvey, William. "Dedication to Dr. Argent and Other Learned Physicians." Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus [An Anatomical Exercise on the Motion of the Heart and Blood in Living Beings]. Frankfurt: William Fitzer, 1628.

There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.

William Shakespeare

Hamlet

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Limits of knowledge Knowledge

Speaker

Hamlet

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Hamlet

Medium

Play

Genre

Tragedy (play)

Language

English

Time

1616 1610s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

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Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 1, sc. 5.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 1, sc. 5.

Another’s soul is a dark forest.

Ivan Turgenev

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Limits of knowledge Connecting with others Intimacy

Speaker

Mikhail Alexandrovitch Rakitin

Author

Ivan Turgenev

Source

A Month in the Country

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play)

Language

Russian

Time

1850 1850s 19th century

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Original Citation

Turgenev, Ivan. Two Women. 1855, act 1.

Current Citation

Turgenev, Ivan. A Month in the Country. Oxford University Press, 1991, act 1.

Philosophy is a battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.

Ludwig Wittgenstein

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Limits of knowledge Language Philosophy

Author

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Source

Philosophical Investigations

Medium

Treatise

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

German

Time

1953 1950s 20th century

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Original Citation

Wittgenstein, Ludwig. Philosophische Untersuchungen [Philosophical Investigations]. Suhrkamp, 1953, pt. 1.

Current Citation

Wittgenstein, Ludwig. Philosophical Investigations, translated by G. E. M. Anscombe, et. al., edited by P. M. S. Hacker and Joachim Schulte. Wiley Blackwell, 2009, pt. 1.