知らんがために我は信ず しらんがためにわれはしんず Also written 知らんがためにわれは信ず, 知らんが為に我は信ず Meanings Expression I believe in order to understand; credo ut intelligam (maxim of Saint Anselm of Canterbury) Kanji 知 know. Read as しる. 我 ego. Read as われ. 信 trust. Read as シン. Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists