George Santayana in: Analytical Philosophy of Knowledge: Knowledge is not eating, and we cannot expect to devour and possess what we mean. Knowledge is recognition of something

Knowledge is not eating, and we cannot expect to devour and possess what we mean — George Santayana in: Analytical Philosophy of Knowledge

Knowledge is not eating, and we cannot expect to devour and possess what we mean. Knowledge is recognition of something absent; it is a salutation, not an embrace.

George Santayana in: Analytical Philosophy of Knowledge

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