Nicholas of Cusa

In Nicholas of Cusa's On learned Ignorance, it was kind of confusing at first just they way he was expressing himself and getting his point across. After a little bit I think I got what he was trying to say. He feels that what we have been taught is somewhat not true but we are to ignorant to know the difference of what is true and what is not true. As children we believe pretty much anything that we are being taught simply because we trust what they teacher is teaching us is true. Although as we get older, we are still somewhat like children because at times we believe anything our teachers in High School say or even our professors. At times when we grow older we do become a little more aware of what we are being told and are less likely to believe what is not true. There are some people out there who still believe the earth is flat and there is no other universe out there.

I believe what Nicholas was saying is true. We are oblivious what we are being taught in school. Most of the time what we are being taught is not even true or we know more than the person who is teaching us the subject at hand. There are some people who teach but know nothing about what they are saying and we sometimes believe they are higher then we are because they have a degree and we don't. That still doesn't mean we don't know more then them because I have had a couple of teachers who seem to know nothing about a subject and I feel like I can teach the class better but I can't since I don't have a degree like they do.