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knowledge that fails to provide answers to this question is in fact an illusory attempt, totally in vain.

Man should know himself; this is what renders him superior.

Man is indebted in that he should know.

Knowing means thinking about the world, finding a proper place for oneself in the world and proving oneself.

The time of the sword is over. But even the sword itself is a product of the mind and proper knowledge.

When I say the time of the sword is over, I mean that the mind and proper knowledge that was once utilized to produce the sword should now be directed to producing and inventing new useful things.

There are three steps to knowing:

Education;

Science;

Proper Knowledge.

Science is a treasure created by mankind. Education is the key to that treasure. It is a door that provides access to the world of science through literacy.

Science teaches man about the treasures and perceptions of those that came before him. Man selects from among these and leaves aside the ones that are of no use to him. He takes those pieces he needs and internalizes them.

Dear fellow citizens!

I started implementing a “New Science Policy” after major reforms in the fields of science and knowledge in the Independent and Eternally Impartial Türkmenistan. The schooling of the Soviet era does not meet our contemporary


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