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Mary Warnock Quotes on Knowledge

Helen Mary Warnock, Baroness Warnock of Weeke, was a British moral philosopher and one of the most consequential public philosophers of late twentieth-century Britain. This page collects quotes attributed to Mary Warnock on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.

Quotes

  • Attributed to Mary Warnock:

    “Imagination is what makes our experience of the world meaningful.”

  • Attributed to Mary Warnock:

    “Education is the means by which we hand on a civilization.”

  • Attributed to Mary Warnock:

    “Ethics is what we do when we do not know what to do.”

  • Attributed to Mary Warnock:

    “Special education must serve the unique needs of each child, not a category.”