## Metadata - Author: [[Kieran Egan]] - Full Title: Learning in Depth - Category: #books ## Highlights - Nearly everyone who has tried to describe an image of the educated person, from Plato to the present, includes at least two criteria: first, that educated people must be widely knowledgeable and, second, that they must know something in depth. ([Location 128](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0097E4P2E&location=128)) - With regard to the knowledge we learn in breadth, we rely always on the expertise of others; when learning in depth, we develop our own expertise. ([Location 139](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0097E4P2E&location=139))