As regards authority I so proceed. Boetius says in the second prologue to his Arithmetic, 'If an inquirer lacks the four parts of mathematics, he has very little ability to discover truth.' And again, 'Without this theory no one can… — Roger Bacon Copy Share Image
First, by the figurations of art there be made instruments of navigation without men to row them, as great ships to brooke the sea, only with one man to steer them, and they shall sail far more swiftly than if… — Roger Bacon Copy Share Image
[I]f in other sciences we should arrive at certainty without doubt and truth without error, it behooves us to place the foundations of knowledge… — Roger Bacon Copy Share Image
It is not necessarily impossible for human beings to fly, but it so happens that God did not give them the knowledge of how… — Roger Bacon Copy Share Image
“Now there are four chief obstacles in grasping truth, which hinder every man, however learned, and scarcely allow anyone to win a clear title… — Roger Bacon Copy Share Image
There are four great sciences, without which the other sciences cannot be known nor a knowledge of things secured ... Of these sciences the… — Roger Bacon Copy Share Image
There are in fact four very significant stumbling blocks in the way of grasping the truth, which hinder every man however learned, and scarcely… — Roger Bacon Copy Share Image
All science requires mathematics. [Editors' summary of Bacon's idea, not Bacon's wording.] — Roger Bacon Copy Share Image
If in other sciences we should arrive at certainty without doubt and truth without error, it behooves us to place the foundation of knowledge… — Roger Bacon Copy Share Image
There are in fact four very significant stumblingblocks in the way of grasping the truth, which hinder every man however learned, and scarcely allow… — Roger Bacon Copy Share Image
It is easier for a man to burn down his own house than to get rid of his prejudices. — Roger Bacon Copy Share Image
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