Knowledge exists in two forms—lifeless, stored in books, and alive in the consciousness of men. The second form of existence is after all the essential one; the first, indispensable as it may be, occupies only an inferior position.


'Message in Honour of Morris Raphael Cohen' 15 November 1949, in Ideas and Opinions (1954) pt. 1

Albert Einstein Quotes

Knowledge exists in two forms—lifeless, stored in books, and alive in the consciousness of men. The second form of existence is after all the...

Knowledge exists in two forms—lifeless, stored in books, and alive in the consciousness of men. The second form of existence is after all the...

Knowledge exists in two forms—lifeless, stored in books, and alive in the consciousness of men. The second form of existence is after all the...

Knowledge exists in two forms—lifeless, stored in books, and alive in the consciousness of men. The second form of existence is after all the...