Pakistan – victim of a dangerous theory of knowledge
He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.[George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950]
… People are difficult to govern because they have too much knowledge.
[Lao Tzu, 604 BC – 531 BC]
[Lao Tzu, 604 BC – 531 BC]
Underneath our views of everything lies a theory of knowledge.
We have views about the world, and what exists in and beyond the world. We have views about man, his nature, his destiny, and his place in the society and the world. We have views about society, about people and about the things people believe in and do not believe in and about things people do and do not do. We have views about everything. Sometimes we are aware of the implications of our views and sometimes not. But most of the time we are never aware of the theory of knowledge lying behind our views.
We make a cultural conviction: The