The Analects

What You Can Say You Know

Learning 5, To Know That You Do Not Know

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Working out what somebody knows is not hard. Ask, and it mostly shows.

What is hard is whether that person knows how far their own knowing goes. This side does not show even when you ask, and they find it difficult to answer themselves.

The Analects handles this in a single line. It was not, however, said to just anyone.

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