ABSTRACT
Knowledge, it is recognized, is good, and since the experiences which we have been discussing may readily be supposed to give knowledge, there is a strong tradition in criticism which seeks to derive their value from the worth of knowledge. But not all knowledge is equally valuable: the kind of information which we can acquire indefinitely by steady perusal of Whitaker or of an encyclopaedia is of negligible value. Therefore a special kind of knowledge has been alleged.[254] {200}
