“Human understanding must be taught”

We have become accustomed to believing that thought and practice are separate compartments of life. Whoever thinks the world does not make the world and vice versa. But, there was a time when the sages, eventually called scientists or artists, circulated in different fields of culture. Mathematics, physics, architecture, painting, sculpture were the raw material of thought and action. The industrial revolution brought down the idea of Renaissance knowledge and, since the 19th century, specialization has been gaining strength.