"Beware the man of one book." — St. Thomas Aquinas
What do you think this means? I'd love to hear differing opinions. Just as a slight bit of background, it's essentially about learning and education...
Isn't the book a metaphor for how open your mind is? If you've read one book then you only subscribe to one viewpoint so therefore are ignorant and narrow minded.
Isn't the book a metaphor for how open your mind is? If you've read one book then you only subscribe to one viewpoint so therefore are ignorant and narrow minded.
Yes, I took it to be a metaphor. I see it as meaning one set of views, or perhaps the book is a metaphor for education itself. Perhaps 'education' is a library, so beware of those who have read one book i.e uneducated, ignorant as someone else said.
Ironically, Aquinas is most famous for his work on reforming aristotellian and other classical philosophy into a form compatible with the Bible - the only book to matter to him.
Ironically, Aquinas is most famous for his work on reforming aristotellian and other classical philosophy into a form compatible with the Bible - the only book to matter to him.
I don't think it was quite the only book that mattered to him, but I appreciate what you're saying.
I think it means we should be cautious of those individuals who've only read one book, because they can't be reasoned with as their knowledge of the world is limited to only one book.
"Beware the man of one book." — St. Thomas Aquinas
What do you think this means? I'd love to hear differing opinions. Just as a slight bit of background, it's essentially about learning and education...
Isn't the book a metaphor for how open your mind is? If you've read one book then you only subscribe to one viewpoint so therefore are ignorant and narrow minded.