The Importance Of Knowledgeable People

Register to read the introduction… They possess the ability to de-clutter their lives as they are able to systematically make better decisions, and in doing so reducing the time taken by them to do every day mundane tasks. The famous quote by Sir Francis Bacon “knowledge is power” (Meditationes Sacræ. De Hæresibus) is not as superficial as people may give it credit for. Power in this context refers to our ability to carry out our will and desire. Knowledgeable people give precedence to rationality as opposed to emotions while making decisions. This could potentially come in handy when you live in an urban warzone such as a place like Karachi. Consider this: you have been eagerly waiting to attend a particular event for a quite some time; you live in the suburbs and the event is taking place downtown. Just when you’re about to leave your house, you get word of a riot that broke out in the middle of your route. Now, if you were the ignorant person who never bothered to familiarize themselves with the roads of the city, you would only have two choices in the matter. Either you would have taken your chances by going through the riot (and hopefully not being slaughtered in the process) or think the situation through and convince yourself to, once again, stay indoors. If, however, you were the thoughtful and knowledgeable individual, you would already know a safer alternate route to take thereby not having to be a victim …show more content…
It will not necessarily guarantee an amazing income, and it certainly won't guarantee freedom from some illnesses or losses in life. Generally, in all areas of life knowledge is power; and it is those who have knowledge who will succeed in any of those areas while those who have little knowledge are the ones most likely to remain powerless (L. H. Warren Is Knowledge Truly …show more content…
However it should now be clear that living in a bubble of ignorance will do more harm than good, to the individual personally and humanity as a whole. It has been discussed earlier that being knowledgeable has it’s perks, as the knowledgeable individual has the potential to improve themselves, their surroundings and therefore society itself; whereas ignorance will lead humanity down a bottomless spiral, which only gets more difficult to get out of the deeper you go. It is the nature of a philosophical question to always be open to debate and interpretation, and however unfortunate it may be it is never truly possible to reach a concrete answer. One can only be provided a different perspective and perhaps a convincing argument. As J.S Mill says “It is better to be an unsatisfied human being than a satisfied pig; better to be Socrates unsatisfied than a fool satisfied. And if the fool or the pig is of a different opinion, it is because they only know their own side of the question. The other, to make the comparison, understands both sides.”