Related to Ben’s point about networks of facts/ideas (which I definitely subscribe to—I refer to it as a seamless web), I want to share one of my favorite Latin maxims, adopted by a study abroad program in Rome I attended: coarctata scientia non jucunda est, roughly “constrained learning is no fun.” Somewhat ironically the origin of the phrase is totally unknown, but it jibes with the opening of Aristotle’s Metaphysics, “All men by nature desire to know.” Good ideals, among many others, to aspire to.
Related to Ben’s point about networks of facts/ideas (which I definitely subscribe to—I refer to it as a seamless web), I want to share one of my favorite Latin maxims, adopted by a study abroad program in Rome I attended: coarctata scientia non jucunda est, roughly “constrained learning is no fun.” Somewhat ironically the origin of the phrase is totally unknown, but it jibes with the opening of Aristotle’s Metaphysics, “All men by nature desire to know.” Good ideals, among many others, to aspire to.