universal knowledge
Total accumulated understanding
Universal knowledge is the totality of what can be known—all facts, truths, and understanding across every domain.
The phrase often appears in discussions of human limitation: No one person can possess universal knowledge.
It also describes the ambition of encyclopedias and search engines to compile comprehensive information.
In philosophy, universal knowledge may refer to truths accessible to all rational beings, independent of culture or experience.
- truthAccordance with reality
- ontologyStudy of existence's nature
- moralityRight and wrong principles
- gravityMutual mass attraction
- languageSystem of symbolic communication
collective wisdom · justification · justice · causality · certainty · known unknowns · first principles · first cause · rationality · evolution · skepticism · coherence · empiricism · omniscience · art · infinity · belief · religion
- ancient textsscrolls, scroll, Euclid's Elements, Epic of Gilgamesh, codex
- Jewish Messiahmessiah, anointed one, redeemer, anointed king, future king
universal knowledgespecialized knowledge
Focused skill in one area
technical expertise · trade secrets · professional expertise · tacit knowledge
universal knowledgeesoteric knowledge
Understanding restricted to initiates
occult knowledge · hidden knowledge · privileged information · classified information · arcane knowledge
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