知識そのものは目的ではなく、充実した人間らしい生活を送るという目的のための手段である。

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English Translation

Knowledge in itself is not an end, but a means to an end: to live a full and humane life.

Furigana

知識(ちしき)そのものは目的(もくてき)ではなく、充実(じゅうじつ)した人間(にんげん)らしい生活(せいかつ)を送(おく)るという目的(もくてき)のための手段(しゅだん)である。

Romanji

Chishiki sonomono wa mokuteki de wa naku, jūjitsushita ningenrashii seikatsu o okuru toiu mokuteki no tame no shudan de aru.

Words

知識 (ちしき)

knowledge; information

その物 (そのもの)

the very thing; itself

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

目的 (もくてき)

purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

無い (ない)

nonexistent; not being (there); unpossessed; unowned; not had; unique; indicates negation, inexperience, unnecessariness or impossibility; not ...; to not be...; to have not ...

充実 (じゅうじつ)

fullness; completion; perfection; substantiality; enhancement; improvement; enrichment; upgrading; replenishment; repletion

人間らしい (にんげんらしい)

human; humane

生活 (せいかつ)

living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

送る (おくる)

to send (a thing); to dispatch; to despatch; to transmit; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time); to live one's life; to pass (down the line); to affix okurigana

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

為 (ため)

good; advantage; benefit; welfare; sake; purpose; objective; aim; consequence; result; effect; affecting; regarding; concerning

手段 (しゅだん)

means; way; measure

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...