Much learning does not teach understanding.

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Presocratic fragment · Fragment · Philosophical literature

Much learning does not teach understanding.

In the original Greek

πολυμαθίη νόον οὐ διδάσκει

Heraclitus

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Education vs. wisdom Education Wisdom

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Philosophical literature

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Presocratic fragment Fragment

Time

Classical antiquity

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Heraclitus

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Current citation

Heraclitus. Fragments, translated by Brooks Haxton. Penguin Classics, 2003.

Original citation

Heraclitus. Fragments. 5th century BC, DK B40.

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