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Because learning does not consist only of knowing what we must or we can do, but also of knowing what we could do and perhaps should not do.
Because learning does not consist only of knowing what we must or we can do, but also of knowing what we could do and perhaps should not do.
Approximate author period: c. 1974 AD · modern
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- Umberto Eco
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- Approximate author period: c. 1974 AD · modern
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