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Confucius on Knowledge

551 BC–479 BC China

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The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.

When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it; this is knowledge.

The Master said, "Yu, shall I teach you what knowledge is? When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it; — this is knowledge."

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