This blog contains the insights, questions, and reflections of college students from various institutions in Atlanta: currently, the members of the Spring 2014 Introduction to Sacred Texts at Spelman College and, previously, the members of the Fall 2012 Introduction to Sacred Texts class at Emory University.
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
I enjoyed our readings for the beginning of this week quite a bit. I really like the idea of knowledge and action as one in the same, a process. When I was reading about the differences between knowledge and action as presented by Kumarila and Sankara, I kept thinking that while the differences are inherent and true, there is also a lot to be said for the way the two work together. Obtaining knowledge in the first place involves action, and the act of engaging in some action inadvertently results in a gain of knowledge. Take riding a bike for example. You obtain knowledge while engaging in the action. One cannot exist without the other, processing knowledge is an action.
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