Jay Julio

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Website: http://www.masculinepower.com
Location: Canada

 

That which most of us tend to call "knowledge" can generally much more accurately fall under three classes:

1) Knowledge
2) Knowledge of
3) Belief

To illustrate the difference, let's take the world.

The fact is, it is round.

But how many can say that they truly know this?

If we have physically travelled around the world in our direct experience, we can honestly say that we have "knowledge" that the world is round.

If we have not but someone who we trust after a good evaluation of his character has claimed to have travelled the world and has said it is round, we have "knowledge of" the world being round.

And if we have never travelled around the world ourselves and have never met someone who has claimed to have done so but we think it is round, we merely have a "belief" that it is round.

Upon these distinctions, I do my best in my writing to make it clear where I stand in regard to these classes in relation to what I say:

If I know something from direct experience, I say it with authority.

If I know of something that has been passed down to me by those I have come to trust most, I say "it is known".

And if I am relying on my rationality or intuition in placing the facts together and therefore may be best classed as a belief, I say "it seems" or "I suspect" or "it appears".

It would be my suggestion that you keep this in mind as you read.

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