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Based on the Hebrew original a more accurate translation would be: "The beginning of knowledge is to acquire knowledge, and in all of your acquisitions acquire understanding"
pointing to two important principles.
First to gain the relevant body of knowledge and only then to begin theorizing
Another month has passed and here is a new rationality quotes thread. The usual rules are: