Page talk:Novalis Schriften - Volume 2.djvu/143
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wissenschaft
[edit]"Wissenschaft" is usually translated as science, but as in German it includes fields in the humanities like history, it seemed field of knowledge seemed more appropriate. (see also paragraph 62)
Unwissenheit
[edit]It's main meaning is ignorance but also an unaware ignorance or innocence is a possible meaning too. The sentence appears to play on both meanings of the word.