The Transformative Power of Learning
Enlightenment Begins with Learning But Modern People Trust More Their Feelings
5 min readApr 7, 2019
In the summer of the year 386 AD, Augustine of Hippo was resting in his garden. According to his own account, suddenly he overheard a childish voice telling him: “Take up and read!” (“Tolle, lege!” in Latin.) Augustine picked up his book, read a passage and he immediately…