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"Scientific knowledge is a kind of discourse."
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"There is only a perspective seeing, only a perspective "knowing"; and the more affects we allow to speak about one thing, the more eyes, different eyes, we can use to observe one thing, the more complete will our "concept" of this thing, our "objectivity," be."
"Knowledge is invariably a matter of degree: you cannot put your finger upon even the simplest datum and say this we know."
"One of the most important gifts that you can give to yourself is the gift of self-education, that is the best way to grow on constant basis."
"Understand the concept of time and find ways to maximize it effectively."
"Why must ignorance be destroyed? Because it is the number one destroyer of the people of God."
"Oh, my dear Vimes, history changes all the time. It is constantly being re-examined and re-evaluated, otherwise how would we be able to keep historians occupied? We can't possibly allow people with their sort of minds to walk around with time on their hands."
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"Liberalism does not preclude an organisation of the flow of money in which some channels are used in decision making while others are only good for the payment of debts."
"A self does not amount to much, but no self is an island; each exists in a fabric of relations that is now more complex and mobile than ever before."
"And today more than ever, knowing about that society involves first of all choosing what approach the inquiry will take, and that necessarily means choosing how society can answer."
"What is new in all of this is that the old poles of attraction represented by nation-states, parties, professions, institutions, and historical traditions are losing their attraction."
"One can decide that the principal role of knowledge is as an indispensable element in the functioning of society, and act in accordance with that decision, only if one has already decided that society is a giant machine."
"If we wish to discuss knowledge in the most highly developed contemporary society, we must answer the preliminary question of what methodological representation to apply to that society."
"On the other hand, in a society whose communication component is becoming more prominent day by day, both as a reality and as an issue, it is clear that language assumes a new importance."
"Increasingly, the central question is becoming who will have access to the information these machines must have in storage to guarantee that the right decisions are made."
"Our working hypothesis is that the status of knowledge is altered as societies enter what is known as the postindustrial age and cultures enter what is known as the postmodern age."
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