George Santayana Quote

Knowledge is the recognition of something absent; it is a salutation, not an embrace.


The Life of Reason: Reason in Common Sense, 1905–1906


Knowledge is the recognition of something absent; it is a salutation, not an embrace.

Knowledge is the recognition of something absent; it is a salutation, not an embrace.

Knowledge is the recognition of something absent; it is a salutation, not an embrace.

Knowledge is the recognition of something absent; it is a salutation, not an embrace.