Student’s Name Professor’s Name Course Number Date Excessive Thirst for Knowledge as the Means of Self-Destruction Knowledge has always been treated with caution as a major source of power. While knowledge itself is not dangerous, but often potentially helpful in avoiding danger, thirst for knowledge, if excessive, can be damaging because it either causes a person to rationalize everything (subsequently destroying their morals) or creates additional anxiety within them that affects their entire personality. The word “knowledge” here can be understood in two dimensions: knowledge as competence (a high level of awareness in a certain field) or as awareness of certain facts that...
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