It is certainly not a matter of indifference whether I learn something without effort or finally arrive at it myself through my system of thought. In the latter case everything has roots, in the former it is merely superficial.


F154 - Aphorisms (1765-1799) - Notebook F (1776-1779)

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Quotes

It is certainly not a matter of indifference whether I learn something without effort or finally arrive at it myself through my system of thought. In ...

It is certainly not a matter of indifference whether I learn something without effort or finally arrive at it myself through my system of thought. In ...

It is certainly not a matter of indifference whether I learn something without effort or finally arrive at it myself through my system of thought. In ...

It is certainly not a matter of indifference whether I learn something without effort or finally arrive at it myself through my system of thought. In ...