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Jeremy Taylor

It is impossible to make people understand their ignorance, for it requires knowledge to perceive it and, therefore, he that can perceive it hath it not.

Jeremy Taylor

Knowledge

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People who are ignorant cannot realize their own ignorance because recognizing it demands a certain level of knowledge. Therefore, anyone who truly understands that they are ignorant must already possess some knowledge, meaning they are not completely ignorant.

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