It has been said, “Not everything that is
learned is contained in books.” Compare and contrast knowledge gained from
experience with knowledge gained from books. In your opinion, which source is
more important? Why?
People are learning and
practicing through their entire life. I believe that life experience and
practice are the basic reasons of the humankind's evolution. However, in my
opinion, knowledge gained from books plays a very important role in the modern
life.
The most obviously
important advantage of books is that they hold all knowledge gained by previous
generations. People write books about their discoveries and inventions, which
are gained through practice and experience. This knowledge is accumulated in
books that are passed from generation to generation. So, basically, people get
all knowledge about the previous achievements from books, analyze it and than,
according to their experience and new data, write new books. In this case,
books are the holders of humankind's experience.
For example, at old
times people thought that the Earth was flat. It was concluded from
observations and studdying. However, the
next generations, using the experience of their ancestors, proved that the
Earth was round.
Personally, I think
that books are very important because they are able to give people the basic
and fundamental knowledge. Books store history, the important events and
discoveries. Without them it is difficult and sometimes impossible to move
forward, make new discoveries and inventions.
To summarize, I think a
person should take basic knowledge from books because it will help him to make
his own inventions, conclusions and discoveries. Only using both books and
one’s experience one can move forward.
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