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Knowledge Quotes by Roger Bacon
- All science requires mathematics. The knowledge of mathematical things is almost innate in us. This is the easiest of sciences, a fact which is obvious…
- For the things of this world cannot be made known without a knowledge of mathematics.
- 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…
- [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 in…
- There are four great sciences, without which the other sciences cannot be known nor a knowledge of things secured ... Of these sciences the gate…
- Knowledge of languages is the doorway to wisdom.
- The conquest of learning is achieved through the knowledge of languages.
- Neglect of mathematics work injury to all knowledge, since he who is ignorant of it cannot know the other sciences or things of this world.…
- Argument is conclusive, but it does not remove doubt, so that the mind may rest in the sure knowledge of the truth, unless it finds…
- Experimental science is the queen of knowledge.
- There are two modes of knowledge: through argument and through experience. Argument brings conclusions and compels us to concede them, but it does not cause…
- There are in fact four very significant stumblingblocks in the way of grasping the truth, which hinder every man however learned, and scarcely allow anyone…
- There are two modes of acquiring knowledge, namely by reasoning and experience. Reasoning draws a conclusion and makes us grant the conclusion, but does not…
- To ask the proper question is half of knowing
- If in other sciences we should arrive at certainty without doubt and truth without error, it behooves us to place the foundation of knowledge in…
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