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Quotation from Novum Organum by Francis Bacon
“Knowledge and human power are synonymous, since the ignorance of the cause frustrates the effect; for nature is only subdued by submission”
Novum Organum, Book I, Aphorism III, trans. Joseph Devey (ed.), 1902
The source of the slogan 'knowledge is power'; Bacon ties practical control to understanding causes.
Citation: "Knowledge and human power are synonymous, since the ignorance of the cause frustrates the effect; for nature is only subdued by submission" — Francis Bacon, Novum Organum, Book I, Aphorism III, trans. Joseph Devey (ed.), 1902. (id novum-organum-q2)
Portrait: Portrait of Francis Bacon., Paul van Somer I / Formerly attributed to Frans Pourbus the Younger, Public domain.
