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TOK II: Paper 1 Daniel King A prerequisite of a comprehensive analysis of T.S. Eliot's famous quotation is a definition for each of the salient words he adduces. Knowledge is data itself; understanding and erudition, acquired through study or experience. The paradigm of information can best be understood by finding the concept that the word stands for: communication. The word information implies a systematic collection of data or knowledge and its transmission to one or more recipients. Wisdom entails a vastly different paradigm; the knowledge that has been accumulated must now be manipulated in such a way that practical application is possible, truth can be discovered, right can be discerned from wrong through profound contemplation, and a long-term analysis of ramifications can be conducted. Once these three essentialist definitions are understood, the meaning of Eliot's assertion, and its accuracy, can be grasped: A human being can, because information is available in such...

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