Nobody can discover the world for somebody else. Only when … - Wendell Berry

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Nobody can discover the world for somebody else. Only when we discover it for ourselves does it become common ground and a common bond and we cease to be alone.

Wendell Berry

A Place on Earth · May 17, 2001 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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Wendell Berry (born 5 August 1934) is an American philosopher, poet, essayist, farmer, novelist and social activist.

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Alternative Names: Wendell Erdman Berry

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To define knowledge as merely empirical is to limit one's ability to know; it enfeebles one's ability to feel and think.

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Akin to the idea that time is money is the concept, less spoken but as commonly assumed, that we may be adequately represented by money. The giving of money has thus become our characteristic virtue. But to give is not to do. The money is given in lieu of action, thought, care, time.

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