Carolina QuotesIdeas, as the raw material from which knowledge is produced, exist in superabundance, but that makes the production of knowledge more difficult rather than easier.
Thomas Sowell Carolinian
Source
Ch. 1 : The Role of Knowledge
- work
- Knowledge and Decisions (1980; 1996)
- year
- 1980
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“Ideas, as the raw material from which knowledge is produced,…” Thomas Sowell. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-1349575099. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/1349575099
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