“Knowledge is the beginning of practice; doing is the completion of knowledge.”

— Wang Yangming · Wisdom quote

Knowledge is the beginning of practice; doing is the completion of knowledge. — Wang Yangming quote card
Philosopher · 1472 – 1529

Wang Yangming was a Chinese Ming-dynasty philosopher, general, and calligrapher, founder of the School of Mind within Neo-Confucianism. He taught the unity of knowledge and action: to truly know something is to put it into practice.

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