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A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion

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For the things of this world cannot be made known without a knowledge of mathematics.

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Books must follow sciences, and not sciences b

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Knowledge and human power are synonymous.

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Wonder is the seed of knowledge

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The inquiry of truth, which is the love-making, or the wooing of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth, whi...more

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Knowledge itself is power

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I would address one general admonition to all, that they consider what are the true ends of knowledge, and that they seek it not either for pleasure o...more

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Knowledge is power.

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If in other sciences we should arrive at certainty without doubt and truth without error, it behooves us to place the foundations of knowledge in math...more

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They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.

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Nay, the same Solomon the king, although he excelled in the glory of treasure and magnificent buildings, of shipping and navigation, of service and at...more

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Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.

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A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion

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For the things of this world cannot be made known without a knowledge of mathematics.