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Without application in the world, the value of knowledge is greatly diminished


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Knowledge can be described as the familiarity or awareness of a certain fact or situation. It is

about understanding something precisely but more than that knowledge is about the application

of what is known. If a person has a clear idea of anything and he does not exhibit it to the world,

it becomes worthless. Having an insight into a matter and not presenting it is equivalent to not

possessing it at all. Human beings are blessed with a mind which has the power and capability to

gain knowledge 1. his is an ongoing process as human beings are always keen on learning

something new .his adds on to their knowledge base by fuelling it with more and more ideas

and information. !ut most importantly, it is needed that they reali"e the value of the acquired

knowledge. his is the basic agenda to be analy"ed in the essay. !y valuing knowledge, one

means to suggest the usefulness and importance of it.

In order, to find out the real value of true knowledge, one needs to first consider the worth of

applying it. #nce we gain knowledge in our elementary schools and college, we are expected to

make use of it. his can be done by using our insight in matters of daily life especially, when we

talk to others or take our decisions. How much we have learnt is shown by the way we deal with

certain situations. hus, it is exhibited by our mental or behavioural approach. $o, in short, it can

be said that knowledge is primarily based on a utilitarian concept. !y making use of our acquired

knowledge, we survive in this world and portray ourselves to be learned and knowledgeable

beings%. his brings in to our mind another question that is it only means of survival& here are

different species on our planet. $o, is knowledge the reason for their survival as well& 'part from

that, there are insane people with lack knowledge who survive. $o, it can also be asserted that

knowledge is a personal concept. #ne does not need to show off knowledge to the world in order

to prove ones worth. o make the point clear, the examples of highly revered saints and scholars

can be given, who possessed great knowledge but never attempted to brag about it. hese were

people possessing true knowledge(.

1 )astillo, *esus +artine" del. -inguistics 's ' heory #f Knowledge. ELR1.% %/102 3%.4eb.

2 )avell, +arcia. Knowledge 'nd 5alue. The Journal of Value Inquiry16.% 16702 1118117.

4eb.


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he idea of true knowledge further brings forward a point of its reali"ation. he cogni"ance

possessed by someone can be classified as true knowledge only when one gets an idea about it

and to be aware of it, there is a need of transmission of knowledge. his again calls for an

application of our learning. It is only after we apply it that we make proper use of it and prove it

to be valuable. It has been suggested that 9the greatest obstacle to progress in not the absence of

knowledge, but the illusion of knowledge:. +any a time, people believe that they possess

knowledge but are reluctant to share it with others. his is restricting what one knows and

keeping it more personal. his can result in stagnation as this way people do not get a chance to

understand what others know about a certain issue ;. hey live in an illusion of knowledge which

further gives rise to a void that is even greater than that created by an absence of knowledge.

Hence, this is nothing but diminishing one


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and also, resulted in the study of linguistics. he earliest direct evidence of language in the form

of writing is no more than some 0/// years old3. !efore that was the sign or spoken language.

>eople in order to interact with someone, earlier made use of different signs and then a language

which called for an exhibition of what they knew. It means that they acquired sense and then

carried it further with the help of their language. hus, they applied their knowledge and made

adequate of it for their survival. here have been traces and linguistic evidences of several

civili"ations that happened to flourish years back. herefore, it shows that even centuries ago,

people made use of their knowledge and expressed it in different forms. $uch was the value of

knowledge for them.

aking a look at another area of knowledge, i.e. >hysical $cience, we find that here again there

has been a greater exploration of true knowledge and wisdom and the so forth, application of it.

Curing the past several centuries, the scientists have been highly functional in gaining wisdom

from their day to day observations and systematic experiments. hese explorations can be traced

as back as from the time of the discovery of fire@. hen in the stone age, there were the

discoveries of weapons, ornaments etc. =urther, the inventions of light, gravitational force etc.

led to a revolution in the whole world. 'll these could be possible only because people chose not

to keep the knowledge to themselves but to share it with the society so that each and everyone

could take the advantage of it. his is how the application of knowledge benefitted the whole

world. 'lso, in today


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prominence with the sheer use of knowledge and we hope to see further improvisations in the

future as well. !ut if we decide to restrict this application of knowledge for whatever reason, we

cannot expect the world to develop or even survive at any cost6.

'fter considering the cases of these two areas of knowledge, it can thus, be visualised that the

application of knowledge is more important than the mere possession of it. rue knowledge

comes not from the acquisition of it but from utili"ation of our cogni"ance. his provides the real

value to it. Had it been the case that people, centuries back, being guided by their personal

interests decided not to inter mingle with others, or not to share their ideas with othersG the world

would have been in some other form altogether. $o, it can be inferred that it was the need of

social or cultural dependence on one another that caused the interaction and hence, the

knowledge propagation. his is the real motive and also importance of knowledge. Human

beings, unlike the other species, in general, are keen to learn more and more and they possess the

mental capacity to do so1/. hey are also backed by a desire to prove to the world that they are

very knowledgeable. In order to show themselves better than others, people opt for higher

education and add on to their knowledge base. !ut if this is not properly applied and exhibited to

the world, it becomes meaningless. It is said that a person becomes successful not when he ust

thinks of himself but of others as well. hus, to use one


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either by learning or by interacting with others. ' combination of these two elements along with

its application in the world proves highly advantageous to one


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