Scientia potentia est
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Scientia potentia est
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The phrase "scientia potentia est" is a Latin aphorism meaning "knowledge is power", commonly attributed to Sir Francis Bacon. The expression "ipsa scientia potestas est" occurs in Bacon's Meditationes Sacrae (1597). The exact phrase "scientia potentia est" was written for the first time in the 1668 version of Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes, who was a secretary to Bacon as a young man. The related phrase "sapientia est potentia" is often translated as "wisdom is power".
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Latin aphorism often claimed to mean organized "knowledge is power"
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2005-11-03T05:34:33Z
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2024-08-30T03:42:02Z
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