Knowledge

Why are things as they are?

 

Information is not knowledge. Heinz von Bergen said: "Information is the seed for an idea, and only grows when it's watered." Kofi Annan said: “Knowledge is power. Information is liberating. Education is the premise of progress, in every society, in every family.” The Power-knowledge concept is coined by Michel Foucault. Carl Sagan said: Knowing a great deal is not the same as being smart; intelligence is not information alone but also judgment, the manner in which information is collected and used. James Madison (1751-1836)said: "Knowledge will forever govern ignorance; and a people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives".

 

My library                                                                                                                                                                                   <Access>

The bookshelfs: audiobooks, books, videos. 

Knowledge is power
---Francis Bacon - English Philosopher (1561-1626)---

 

eBooks catalog project                                                                                                                                                                <eMail>

We have a catalog project for eBooks, based on the already popular program Book Collector.

If you are interested in collecting and organizing eBooks too and like to join our joint-effort catalog club. Just write an email. You can download our database here. And the bookscovers here. You can buy books collector software here, if you like to try our database before buying than download it here.

“Information is a source of learning. But unless it is organized, processed, and available to the right people in a format for decision making, it is a burden, not a benefit.”
---William Pollard ---

 

My articles                                                                                                                                                                                  

• My article about contemporary history gives and explanation how events in the past are related to today's news. I try to explain what is really going on in the world.

• An overview of modern science (Dutch Language only)

There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance - that principle is contempt prior to investigation
--- Herbert Spencer - British social Philosopher (1820-1903) ---

 

 

Language Learning

One of my interests is learning the Russian language (русский язык). Russian language is spoken by 280 million people; it ranks with English and Chinese as one of the three major world languages. It's also  one of the six official languages in the United Nations. Over a quarter of the world's scientific literature is published in Russian. If you share the same interest in learning Russian than contact me.