The Coronation of Nescience
Dr. Howard Duffield. 1 Corinthians 1:19-21 For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.… Our vaunted knowledge largely consists of shrewd guesses concerning surface appearances. The last result of culture is the coronation of nescience. Its proudest achievement is fixing the limits of thought. The most sinewy brain cannot scale those adamantine barriers that convert reason's highway into a "no thoroughfare." (Dr. Howard Duffield.) Parallel Verses KJV: For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. WEB: For it is written, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, I will bring the discernment of the discerning to nothing."