What do these mean?
1 What do "the one" and "the others" mean?
“To learn is not to know; there are the learners and the learned. Memory makes the one, philosophy the others.”
2What does this sentence mean?
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“The most baleful mischiefs may be expected from the unmanly conduct of not daring to face truth because it is unpleasing.”
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The first quote is saying that memory creates learners while philosophy creates the learned.
The second one states that a person must be willing to face truths even if they are uncomfortable or undesired - and if they don't, they should be ready to face unpleasant results.
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