Classical Examples of the Importance of Knowledge as a Source of Power ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ "Knowledge is a source of power. In any society in which art, science and government is the monopoly of a few, that minority will use and abuse its power in its own interests. The annual flooding of the Nile was a matter of life and death to the people of Egypt, whose crops depended on it. The ability of the priests in Egypt to predict, on the basis of astronomical observations, when the Nile would flood its banks must have greatly increased their prestige and power over society. The art of writing, a most powerful invention, was the jealously guarded secret of the priest-caste." Source: |"The History of Philosophy, Chapter 1 : Do We Need Philosophy", pp.7| ____________________ Curiosity Online FB Page
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