Because the world is radically new, the ideal encyclopedia should be radical, too.
I cannot take back one word or action; the past does not change for anyone. - Charles Van Doren
I cannot take back one word or action; the past does not change for anyone.
- Charles Van Doren
Education in the West, particularly higher education in America, has lost the ability to see the universe from very far away. - Charles Van Doren
Education in the West, particularly higher education in America, has lost the ability to see the universe from very far away.
I have learned a lot about good and evil - they are not always what they appear to be. - Charles Van Doren
I have learned a lot about good and evil - they are not always what they appear to be.
I have deceived my friends, and I had millions of them. - Charles Van Doren
I have deceived my friends, and I had millions of them.
I hoped that it would be possible to slide slowly from my public life back to the life of teaching and writing that I had always wanted. But things d… - Charles Van Doren
I hoped that it would be possible to slide slowly from my public life back to the life of teaching and writing that I had always wanted. But things d…
My total winnings after 14 appearances were $129,000. - Charles Van Doren
My total winnings after 14 appearances were $129,000.
I worked hard at memorizing lists of facts and figures, and carried with me a book of facts. - Charles Van Doren
I worked hard at memorizing lists of facts and figures, and carried with me a book of facts.
Some of you read with me 40 years ago a portion of Aristotle's Ethics, a selection of passages that describe his idea of happiness. You may not remem… - Charles Van Doren
Some of you read with me 40 years ago a portion of Aristotle's Ethics, a selection of passages that describe his idea of happiness. You may not remem…
Because the world is radically new, the ideal encyclopedia should be radical, too. - Charles Van Doren
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