Collection of phrases and quotes about knowledge.
History tells what happened; poetry what should have happened.
Understanding is a blank slate on which nothing is written.
We learn, either by induction or by demonstration. Demonstration starts from the universal; induction from the particular.
Teaching is not a vital function, because it does not have an end in itself; the vital function is learning.
One should not always start with the very first notion of the things being studied, but rather with what can facilitate learning.