Useless knowledge

1. USELESS KNOWLEDGE
Touqeer Raza

2. HIGHLIGHTS
 Useless knowledge
 Argumentation on bacon’s phrase
 Basic English
 Mass destruction
 Advantages
 Western civilization
 Features
 Peace

3. USELESS KNOWLEDGE
INTRODUCTION
Title develops element of curiosity.
It depicts Russell rhetorical style

4. USELESS KNOWLEDGE
Russell says that knowledge is not merely the acquisition of
necessary information about a specific field of practical utility.
Knowledge of subjects Othman than technical and practical
is considered useless but this useless knowledge can be made
more useful.

5. ARGUMENTATION ON BACON’S
PHRASE
Argumentation on bacon’s phrase i.e.
“ Knowledge is Power”
 Knowledge is Power but only in specific field.
Elevation in knowledge After French revolution and
growth of industrialization.

6. U.S.A EDUCATIONIST
Use of 1500 words
Basic Knowledge
A convention that confines vocabulary to 800 words.

7. MASS DESTRUCTION
Disadvantages of useful knowledge
Destruction to mankind
People are becoming more selfish

8. TRADITIONAL & CULTURAL
KNOWLEDGE
It is worthless.
Rapid progress of English.
No use of Latin & Greek.

9. ADVANTAGES OF USELESS
KNOWLEDGE
 Balances the nervous disorder.
 Addition of poetry, literature and music enhances pleasure.
 Russell says
“There is untrained human nature considerably elements of cruelty”
so, useless knowledge lessens the effect of cruelty
 It develops curious learning

10. WESTERN CIVILIZATION
Methods to study civilization
Travel
History
Anthropology

11. WESTERN CIVILIZATION
All former methods proves good to study
civilization but not appropriate for objective study.
Why methods are not so good ?

12. FEATURES IN
WESTERN CIVILIZATION
Science and industrialism
Origin of western character
Contribution of Greek and Roman.
Progress in western Europe during Renaissance
Kepler, Galileo, Newton

13. PEACE
Exclude violence from knowledge.
Promote peace.