Because the units of knowledge are concepts, and concepts can be conveyed and transmitted in words and symbols, knowledge itself can be passed between persons. Understanding, on the other hand, is intimate and subjective, not a conceptual container but an aura of immediacy cast upon an experience — which means it cannot be transmitted and transacted like knowledge.
Author: Maria Popova
Source: The Marginalian (Brain Pickings)
Subjects: Education | Scholarship, Intelligence | Knowledge
Source: The Marginalian (Brain Pickings)
Subjects: Education | Scholarship, Intelligence | Knowledge
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