All knowing, regardless of its ostensible object,
yields knowledge of man, for knowing is a characteristically human function.
Not exact matches
From one point
of view, mathematics
yields no
knowledge at all
of man, or
of anything else.
The physical sciences and the life sciences also
yield their full harvest
of knowledge about
man only when the understanding gained through direct self - consciousness is used in the interpretation
of the methods and results
of objective scientific investigation and
of technical invention.
Yet now and then forever in the fields
Of space and time whose carnivals will end Shepherds abide through night to watch and tend Till Wise
Men come to know and
knowledge yields.
In our initial conversations he expressed
knowledge of how he knew this was a venture that might not
yield a lot in the way
of money, but for a
man in his position it wasn't a major concern.