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The Intellectual Virtues

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 January 2009

Neil Cooper
Neil Cooper
Affiliation:
University of Dundee
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An old Arab proverb runs as follows:

He who knows not, and knows not that he knows not, is a fool; shun him.

He who knows not, and knows that he knows not, is a child; teach him.

He who knows, and knows not that he knows, is asleep; wake him.

But he who knows, and knows that he knows, is a sage; follow him.

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Philosophy , Volume 69 , Issue 270 , October 1994 , pp. 459 - 469
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Copyright © The Royal Institute of Philosophy 1994

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