Two Types of Knowledge: General and Personal

General knowledge, that is, book reading, school learning, and the ability to cite or quote sources at will, does not by itself make us interesting or even a really knowledgeable person. Personal knowledge does, though it often is not even considered knowledge.  Our emotions evoked by general knowledge and more particularly our personal reactions to, and experiences with, all aspects of our lives

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