Talk:Scientia potentia est

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Should this article not read "Scientia potestas est" ? That is the Bacon quote as listed in Wikiquote. Just because it rhymes doesn't mean its right.

I have seen both also. I don't know, but this way seems to be more common. Reywas92^Talk 00:59, 28 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Then should we make a redirect? bibliomaniac 1 5 01:38, 28 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Done. Reywas92^Talk 21:44, 28 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Sir Francis Bacon appears to have confused a constituent necessary for power for power itself.

Knowledge does not confer power of itself, unless you can put that knowledge to work. In business, for instance, unless you have the authority to be able to use knowledge, there is no power. If you tell someone else with authority, the power is their's not yours. It is possible to withhold information so disempowering but this does not mean you have power.

This distinction is not easy for many used to the assumption that Bacon held, that the authority was given.

A more accurate expression could be: Knowledge with authority permits the exercise of power 88.212.172.151 19:53, 12 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The Librarian in Warhammer 40000: Dawn of War (That is, the computer game) says "Knowledge is power, hide it well." I wonder if it would be worthwhile to include this here.

Admin request

Will an admin please move this page to its most common phrasing knowledge is power. Thanks: --Sadi Carnot 14:06, 28 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

If you look at its category, there are many other Latin titled articles. Besides, Knowledge is Power redirects here. Reywas92^{TalkReview me} 14:34, 28 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

..but we are supposed to use most common usage and knowledge. To help people find the article and understand what it is about at a glance. Each article is stand-alone on Wikipedia, there is no hierarchy. It can still be part of the Latin phrase category with a re-direct. Article titles are just symbolic placeholders for purposes of convenience. Fothergill Volkensniff IV (talk) 17:16, 5 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sources and Further reading

Could someone please sort out what material has been used to source the article and which are hi simply relevant material? Thanks, ErikTheBikeMan (talk) 20:54, 14 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong context

I don't know who wrote this article but as far as I see this, the original quote seen out of context. In the Original he writes about the power of God.

The original says

" ... limits of the knowledge of God then of his power, or rather of that part of Gods power (for knowledge it selfe is a power whereby hee knoweth) then of that by which he ... "

--Stephan.zehrer (talk) 14:30, 18 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Pronunciation?

How is "scientia potentia est" pronounced? It isn't much help knowing the Latin if you don't know how to say it. My guess from looking at it would be SCI-EN-SHU PO-TEN-SHU ESS, but that could be wildly inaccurate.