Tolstoy, after Rousseau, on Knowledge and Wisdom

“Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know. Among the most necessary knowledge is the knowledge of how to live well, that is, how to produce the least possible evil and the greatest goodness in one’s life. At present, people study useless sciences, but forget to study this, the most important knowledge.”

FOXNews.com - Scientists: Latest Deadly Quakes Are Just a Coincidence

FOXNews.com - Scientists: Latest Deadly Quakes Are Just a Coincidence

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Actually, these are one of many signs of the end-times. Review this checklist found in Matthew 24:4-8:

  • [ ] And Jesus answered and said to them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many will come in My name, saying, I am Christ, and will deceive many.
  • [ ] And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled, for all these things must occur; but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
  • [ ] And there will be famines and pestilences and earthquakes in different places. All these are the beginning of sorrows.

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