Who does NOT know, KNOWS; who KNOWS, does NOT know; It is KNOWN to those who do NOT know, It is NOT known to those who KNOW.
-- Kenopanishad
He who SPEAKS does not KNOW
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He who KNOWS does not SPEAK
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Usually those who know and are knowledgable are like a tree full of fruits that is humble and down to earth, these types of people know many things and think more and more and speak less and less, vice versa those who does not know many, speaks so much and often they speak nonsense matters and they are just talkative.
As Socrates once said, "As for me, all I know is that I know nothing." The more one learns, the more they realize there is so much more to learn. I think for every piece of knowledge acquired, it leads one to realize the amount of knowledge still to be learned grows exponentially.
Just my thoughts. I don't think they are necessarily paradoxical, but I'm not sure if my interpretation is what the people who said it actually meant.
The second one is easiest to decipher. If one has a sound understanding of themselves and existence, they do not feel the need to speak. Not necessarily that they already know everything, but perhaps that they realise the most important information does not come from answers. Conversely, those who do not know must ask, inquire, and not be at peace enough to just shut up and think. Or not even think, meditate.
The first one: Well, at least one who acknowledges he does not know knows that much. Otherwise, he would be kidding himself and would be unwise. He who thinks he knows is just showing his ignorance and obviously doesn't really know. Perhaps the second half goes further to suggest that belief in one's own sense of knowing is what clouds them from real knowing.
ok.. i think both have the same meaning..which is that people who don't know speaks a lot to show that they know,since they don't know they are in a state of insecurity,showing off that they know (in their thought)is the way to hide it....so everything is known for them!!
but people who really know have the enough confidence and security.
so their person don't insist on themselve to show people this knowledge just to show that they know..so for that they don't speak...unless asked to...and everything is not known for them since they know that everything can't be fully known and they can't lnow everything...
i think the case here is "proving their existense"...
who know don't need to prove that because of his knowledge....while who don't know feels the flaw ,so to compansate this lack of knowledge they go on speaking a lot and showing off that they know.
hope this help!
I never got an "A" on an exam by leaving it blank.
Seriously - Both are colloquial and useless statements on humility that misrepresent the value of knowledge.
If one who knows does not speak, of what benefit is knowledge? And if one who speaks does not know, then how is knowledge gained?
(Though this does explain a couple of talkative liberal college professors I've had)
categorically covering the bases...
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I agree.
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.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
Confucius, The Confucian Analects
Chinese philosopher & reformer (551 BC - 479 BC)
I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.
Socrates
Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge.
Lao Tzu
The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.
Plato
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Paradoxical quotes about "knowing" --- can you explain or share an insight?