There are sayings that seem to need no explanation, such as "learning is light, and ignorance is darkness." But some still do not understand their meaning. But our article is written not only for such people. In fact, our note for everyone, because it will contain not only the meaning of the proverb, but also something else.
Knowledge is power
Thus spoke F. Bacon - one of the figures of the New Age. He was such an active and energetic comrade that he even died while conducting a scientific experiment. Our world could well subscribe to his words. Reality is subject to professionals. They develop new gadgets, write books and texts on the Internet (journalists, for example). The world revolves around those who know something.
If a person does not learn anything, then not only will he not achieve success in life, he will be a slave of the system and other people all his life, therefore “teaching is light, and ignorance is darkness.” True, to be completely honest, it should be said that a person who successfully studies does not necessarily become a big and important boss. ATIn Russia, the reality is that “wise men” are often, on the contrary, controlled by others. And the whole secret is that the latter have influential parents or other relatives. Thus, the fate of an educated person in Russia is to be aware of his unenviable fate, to suffer, cry and understand how things are in the world. Of course, this is little consolation for those who believe that the saying “learning is light, and ignorance is darkness” can be motivated. But believe me, it is better to be aware of your existence, to make it bright, than to wander in the dark and think that this is the way it should be. However, we digress. Let's move on to the value.
Interpretation
Actually, you don't need to be seven spans in the forehead to understand this meaning. The words “learning is light, and ignorance is darkness” have the following meaning: education is good, and the absence of it is bad. And in our time, this is especially true. Sociologist Urlich Beck in the book “Risk Society. On the way to a new modernity” noticed that in the modern world the requirements for people are very high. Higher education (U. Beck is focused on Germany, of course) is the minimum condition for any success of a person in modern society. It is noteworthy that both in Russia and in Germany there is a certain oversaturation of the market of specialists with higher education. There are no jobs for this number of employees. This is true of both Pushkin's homeland and Goethe's homeland.
On education in Russia
In general, V. V. Putin said that it would be enough to produce economists and lawyers, there are already too many of them. But universities did not hear the directivepresident and continued to train unnecessary personnel. Therefore, newly minted specialists after graduation were engaged in anything, except for the activity that they were trained in. Okay, everyone knows that we have two realities: one is in reality, and the other is on paper.
The aphorism “learning is light, and ignorance is darkness” certainly gives the right vector of development, but many, due to the strange requirement that even a cleaner in Russia should have a higher education, go to get it, not especially caring for the light that will overcome and dispel the darkness.
Learning is light, and ignorance is pleasant twilight
The modern interpretation of the classic aphorism can be treated as you like. For example, you can say that this is a prank. And you can take this idea as a symbol of time. In today's Japan, one of the most popular causes of death is overwork. And the inhabitants of the Land of the Rising Sun are constantly learning - this is an indispensable condition for their professional suitability.
Therefore, sometimes it is really better to stop and leave a twilight that is pleasing to the eye and heart. In other words, the aphorism “learning is light, ignorance is darkness” (proverbs in general, I must say, orient a person correctly) is true, but it, like everything else in the world, must be treated with caution.
In addition, one more unattractive fact must be admitted: in Russia and in any country in the world there are people who are incapable of learning. Unfortunately, their destiny is eternal darkness.
