The first step for self-knowledge is the rejection of the familiar.

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The first step for self-knowledge is the rejection of the familiar.

The issue posed by the speaker regarding whether it is important to reject the familiar, past knowledge to walk on the path of self knowledge is a contentious one. Self-knowledge lays a foundation for innovation and progress. While each side of the issue has its own virtues and shortcomings, I concede with the speaker that for self-knowledge it is crucial to first expunge the boundaries set by the previously proven and accepted ideas.
On the first facet, to develop the basis that leads to ideas that are transcendent, it is very important to constantly evolve and one of the major barriers for this development is the limitation provided by our prior knowledge. The extraordinary physicist Albert Einstein once said that, "We cannot solve problems with the same thinking we used to create them". This quote puts light on the fact that for innovation to flourish it is of utmost important that we change our outlook from time to time. The approach we used when we came up with a problem is certainly not the one we can use to solve the same.
Second, history serves as the best teacher to further guide us through this contention. The earliest example can be traced back to the invention of fire in the stone age. For man of the stone age to come up with the idea of rubbing stones to generate fire it was very important that he thought above the previous guidelines set by the society. It is really important to release the mind trapped in the cage of familiarity.
Many critics to this viewpoint argue that the previously proven theories have been thoroughly analyzed before they came into existence. Thus they should we given substantial weightage as they can provide meaningful insights. The point of view fails to undermine the importance of rejecting the familiar as despite of the fact that these proven theories can provide insights, they also create doctrine or rule book which inhibit the ability of thinking out of the box.
In the final analysis, for the advancement of human generation, it is very important that previously accepted theories that provide impediment for further evolution of knowledge are rejected. Thus self-knowledge will further advance after the abolition of the dogma introduced by the prior knowledge.

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Grammar and spelling errors:
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... previously proven and accepted ideas. On the first facet, to develop the basis...
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... the one we can use to solve the same. Second, history serves as the best teach...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, first, look, really, regarding, second, so, thus, while

Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments

Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 14.0 19.5258426966 72% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 7.0 12.4196629213 56% => OK
Conjunction : 5.0 14.8657303371 34% => More conjunction wanted.
Relative clauses : 13.0 11.3162921348 115% => OK
Pronoun: 41.0 33.0505617978 124% => Less pronouns wanted
Preposition: 59.0 58.6224719101 101% => OK
Nominalization: 15.0 12.9106741573 116% => OK

Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1878.0 2235.4752809 84% => OK
No of words: 378.0 442.535393258 85% => More content wanted.
Chars per words: 4.96825396825 5.05705443957 98% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.40933352052 4.55969084622 97% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.82043834961 2.79657885939 101% => OK
Unique words: 205.0 215.323595506 95% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.542328042328 0.4932671777 110% => OK
syllable_count: 590.4 704.065955056 84% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.6 1.59117977528 101% => OK

A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 7.0 6.24550561798 112% => OK
Article: 5.0 4.99550561798 100% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 3.10617977528 32% => OK
Conjunction: 0.0 1.77640449438 0% => OK
Preposition: 4.0 4.38483146067 91% => OK

Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 16.0 20.2370786517 79% => Need more sentences. Double check the format of sentences, make sure there is a space between two sentences, or have enough periods. And also check the lengths of sentences, maybe they are too long.
Sentence length: 23.0 23.0359550562 100% => OK
Sentence length SD: 55.1723152949 60.3974514979 91% => OK
Chars per sentence: 117.375 118.986275619 99% => OK
Words per sentence: 23.625 23.4991977007 101% => OK
Discourse Markers: 3.8125 5.21951772744 73% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.97078651685 101% => OK
Language errors: 7.0 7.80617977528 90% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 10.2758426966 68% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 5.13820224719 156% => OK
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 1.0 4.83258426966 21% => More facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?

Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.252612977393 0.243740707755 104% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0809224060368 0.0831039109588 97% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0976514190963 0.0758088955206 129% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.145042534747 0.150359130593 96% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.144269149563 0.0667264976115 216% => More connections among paragraphs wanted.

Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 13.8 14.1392134831 98% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 48.13 48.8420337079 99% => OK
smog_index: 8.8 7.92365168539 111% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.3 12.1743820225 101% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 11.84 12.1639044944 97% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 8.83 8.38706741573 105% => OK
difficult_words: 97.0 100.480337079 97% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 13.0 11.8971910112 109% => OK
gunning_fog: 11.2 11.2143820225 100% => OK
text_standard: 12.0 11.7820224719 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?

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Rates: 50.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 3.0 Out of 6
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