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  • The partitions of knowledge are not like several lines that meet in one angle, and so touch not in a point; but are like branches of a tree, that meet in a stem, which hath a dimension and quantity of entireness and continuance, before it come to discontinue and break itself into arms and boughs.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Francis Bacon Quotes , Knowledge Quotes , Science Quotes
  • All men naturally desire knowledge. An indication of this is our esteem for the senses; for apart from their use we esteem them for their own sake, and most of all the sense of sight. Not only with a view to action, but even when no action is contemplated, we prefer sight, generally speaking, to all the other senses. The reason of this is that of all the senses sight best helps us to know things, and reveals many distinctions.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Aristotle Quotes , Knowledge Quotes , Men Quotes
  • It is the responsibility of scientists never to suppress knowledge, no matter how awkward that knowledge is, no matter how it may bother those in power; we are not smart enough to decide which pieces of knowledge are permissible, and which are not.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Carl Sagan Quotes , Smart Quotes , Knowledge Quotes