When knowledge is the slave of social considerations, it defines a special class; when it serves its own ends only, it no longer does so. (Ernest Gellner)

When knowledge is the slave of social considerations, it defines a special class; when it serves its own ends only, it no longer does so.

Ernest Gellner

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