Michel de Montaigne: Knowledge by rote is no knowledge, it is only a retention of what has been…
Knowledge by rote is no knowledge, it is only a retention of what has been intrusted to the memory.
In today’s wordsKnowing something by rote isn't knowledge; it's just keeping in memory what you've been handed.
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