"We can only begin to truly know when we have completely forgotten everything we were taught. I am not even a hair's breadth closer to knowing the object as long as I live under the assumption that my relationship to an object is determined by a scientist. In order to get to know an object, I have to approach it as something completely foreign.
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Author
Henry David ThoreauAll Translations
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We can only begin to truly know when we have completely forgotten everything we were taught. I am not even a hair's breadth closer to knowing the object as long as I live under the assumption that my relationship to an object is determined by a scientist. In order to get to know an object, I have to approach it as something completely foreign.
""Csak akkor kezdhetjük el az igazi megismerést, amikor mindent tökéletesen elfelejtettünk, amire tanítottak. Én egy hajszálnyival sem jutok közelebb a tárgy megismeréséhez addig, amíg abban a feltételezésben élek, hogy valamely tárgyhoz való viszonyom egy tudós által van meghatározva. Hogy megismerjek egy tárgyat, úgy kell megközelítenem, mint valami teljesen idegent."