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Actually MidGe I was just struck by the picture Coberst painted which made me think of Kanzius. If I'm saying anything its: Autodidacticism (also autodidactism) is self-education or self-directed learning. An autodidact, also known as an automath, is a mostly self-taught person.

Now the dilettante that Sartre mentions is probably the ineffective autodidact. I wasn't mentioning him. I posted the link so people can see more about autodidacts. But now that you mention the dilettante I guess it just shows the spectrum of effectual and ineffectual autodidacts. I've never read Sartre's work Nausea.

I do find Twain's quote humorous though:
"I have never let my schooling interfere with my education".

I guess we're all responsible for our own education.