Daniel J. Boorstin Quotes:
Ocupation: Historian
Life: October 1, 1914 - February 28, 2004
Birthday: October 1
Death: February 28
The great obstacle to discovering the shape of the earth, the continents, and the oceans was not ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge.
source: "The Discoverers: A History of Man's Search to Know His World and Himself (Knowledge Trilogy, Book 1)". Book by Daniel J. Boorstin, 1983.
topic: Ocean, Ignorance, Knowledge, Knowledge And Ignorance, Discovering Something, Greatest Obstacles
