Richard Feynman Quote

The vain presumption of understanding everything can have no other basis than never understanding anything. For anyone who had experienced just once the perfect understanding of one single thing, and had truly tasted how knowledge is accomplished, would recognize that infinity of other truths of which he understands nothing.


Translated by Stillman Drake, The Two Chief World Systems, First Day (p. 101), University of California Press. 1953


The vain presumption of understanding everything can have no other basis than never understanding anything. For anyone who had experienced just once...

The vain presumption of understanding everything can have no other basis than never understanding anything. For anyone who had experienced just once...

The vain presumption of understanding everything can have no other basis than never understanding anything. For anyone who had experienced just once...

The vain presumption of understanding everything can have no other basis than never understanding anything. For anyone who had experienced just once...