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    Learning swiftly is finer than learning quietly and slowly — Carmelics
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    Supports→In the case of [many] psychological activities, behaving not quietly is finer than behaving quietly.

    Learning swiftly is finer than learning quietly and slowly

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    • Learning well is finer than learning poorly
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    • Learning well is learning quickly, and learning poorly is learning quietly and slowly.
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    • 1.Descartes and the rationalist tradition hold that clarity and distinctness of ideas — not rapidity of acquisition — is the mark of genuine knowledge.
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    • 2.Swift learning often reflects superficial pattern-matching rather than genuine comprehension, as Dewey's reflective inquiry framework demonstrates.
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    • 3.Therefore, conflating speed with quality of learning commits a category error between the manner of acquisition and the epistemic value of what is acquired.
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    • 1.Deep understanding requires slow, effortful processing — what Aristotle calls the habituated disposition formed through repeated deliberate practice.
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    • 2.Learning that produces lasting virtue or knowledge cannot be evaluated by speed, but by the stability and depth of the resulting disposition.
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