Quote#Wisdom
All progress in knowledge takes place through the correction of that…
Quote byStella Benson · 1892–1933
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Venture of Rational Faith (1908), Pt. 1, ch. 1 (p. 8).
English (original)
All progress in knowledge takes place through the correction of that which has been received on authority, ... but without the huge body of traditional knowledge, accurate and inaccurate together, there would be nothing even to correct. Progress is not made in spite of authority, but by means of it.
— Stella Benson
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