Confucius: Analects II
“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.”
Reflection
Say 'I don't know' once today and see what opens.
Source record
- Author
- Confucius
- Original source
- Analects II
- Original date
- c. 500 BC
- Edition used
- Trans. James Legge, 1893 — public domain
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