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 Denis Mosko to All 
 Slogan of Russian magazine "Znanie - sil 
 05 Mar 21 14:49:59 
 
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          Wiki says: the phrase "scientia potentia est" (or "scientia est
potentia" or also "scientia potestas est") is a Latin aphorism meaning
"knowledge is power". It is commonly attributed to Sir Francis Bacon, although
there is no known occurrence of this precise phrase in Bacon's English or
Latin writings. However, the expression "ipsa scientia potestas est"
('knowledge itself is power') occurs in Bacon's Meditationes Sacrae (1597).
The exact phrase "scientia potentia est" was written for the first time in the
1668 version of the work Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes, who was a secretary to
Bacon as a young man.

Why not: "wisdom is power"?

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