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11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 1. Knowledge

7289	Do not try to do things, or to master knowledge; just be empty [Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu)]
	Full Idea: Do not try to do things. Do not try to master knowledge. ...Just be empty.
	From: Zhuangzi (Chuang Tzu) (The Book of Chuang Tzu [c.329 BCE], Ch.7)
	A reaction: Stands as a nice challenge to the assumption that knowledge is a good thing. Aristotle's views make a nice contrast (Ideas 548 and 549). Personally I totally agree with Aristotle, and with the western tradition.