Knowledge itself is power.
Ipsa scientia potestas est.

Philosophers
Francis Bacon
Born 1561 in London, Francis Bacon rose to Lord Chancellor under James I and laid the philosophical foundation of modern science. Author of "Knowledge is power" and the doctrine of the four Idols, his Novum Organum.
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Source: Meditationes Sacrae (1597), De HaeresibusVerified
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