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Knowledge can be communicated but not wisdom. — Hermann Hesse

Knowledge can be communicated but not wisdom.

In the original German

Weisheit ist nicht mitteilbar.

Hermann Hesse
Siddhartha · 1922
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Topic
KnowledgeWisdom
Time
1922
Person
Hermann Hesse
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Current citation
Hesse, Hermann. Siddhartha, translated by Joachim Neugroschel. Penguin Classics, 2002.
Original citation
Hesse, Hermann. Siddhartha: Eine Indische Dichtung [Siddhartha: An Indian Poetry]. S. Fischer Verlag, 1922.

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