nescience

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Still less was it a ground for rejoicing, or for supposing that the nescience to which it ought to have given rise could be legitimately exchanged for a metaphysical dogmatism.

From Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays by Russell, Bertrand

Nor is he, like Shakespeare's biographer, reduced to choose between the starvation of nescience and the windy diet of conjecture.

From Life of John Milton by Garnett, Richard

If we can only surround ourselves with a bare space of nescience we may rest in peace.

From The Gentle Reader by Crothers, Samuel McChord

Such an avowal of nescience is an implicit assertion of an immeasurable insight.

From To My Younger Brethren Chapters on Pastoral Life and Work by Moule, H. C. G. (Handley Carr Glyn)

But all this is merely the old effort to make capital out of nescience, and the stars are before our eyes to prove the contrary.

From Astronomical Curiosities Facts and Fallacies by Gore, J. Ellard