To learn by example is to submit to authority.... By watching the master and emulating his efforts in the presence of his example, the apprentice unconsciously picks up the rules of the art, including those which are not explicitly known to the master himself. These hidden rules can be assimilated only by a person who surrenders himself to that extent uncritically to the imitation of another. A society which wants to preserve a fund of personal knowledge must submit to tradition.... Common Law... is the most important system of strictly traditional activities.


pp. 53-54 - Personal Knowledge (1958)

Michael Polanyi Quotes

To learn by example is to submit to authority.... By watching the master and emulating his efforts in the presence of his example, the apprentice...

To learn by example is to submit to authority.... By watching the master and emulating his efforts in the presence of his example, the apprentice...

To learn by example is to submit to authority.... By watching the master and emulating his efforts in the presence of his example, the apprentice...

To learn by example is to submit to authority.... By watching the master and emulating his efforts in the presence of his example, the apprentice...