Will Rogers - Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.

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Rogers, Will. The Illiterate Digest. Albert & Charles Boni, 1924.

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This was written when Islam was intellectually far more advanced than Christian Europe. This viewpoint was one of the reasons for their advanced civilization. It was held by many. It is still held by many Muslims, but for the fundamentalist of Islam today, ignorance of anything that is not in the Koran or other sayings of the Prophet is a virtue. Madrassas throughout the Islamic world teach only the Koran and religious law and nothing of mathematics, philosophy, science, history and never of other religions.

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About the Author

Will Rogers

Born: November 4, 1879
Died: August 15, 1935
Nationality: American
Profession: Actor, Vaudevillian, Cowboy, Columnist, Humorist, Radio Personality

Biography

William Penn Adair Rogers was an American stage and film actor, vaudeville performer, cowboy, humorist, newspaper columnist, and social commentator from Oklahoma. He was a Cherokee citizen born in the Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory.

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