What did Roger Bacon mean by: A little learning is a dangerous thing but none at all is fatal. - Roger Bacon Philosopher and Franciscan friar · England Copy
+ All science requires mathematics. [Editors’ summary of Bacon’s idea, not Bacon’s wording.] Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Roger Bacon, Editors, Ideas, Science, 0 - Roger Bacon Philosopher and Franciscan friar · England
+ A man is crazy who writes a secret in any other way than one which will conceal it from the vulgar. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Roger Bacon, Crazy, Writing, 0 - Roger Bacon Philosopher and Franciscan friar · England
+ … mathematics is absolutely necessary and useful to the other sciences. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Roger Bacon, Math, Mathematics, 0 - Roger Bacon Philosopher and Franciscan friar · England
+ For the things of this world cannot be made known without a knowledge of mathematics. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Roger Bacon, Knowledge, Math, 0 - Roger Bacon Philosopher and Franciscan friar · England
+ The conquest of learning is achieved through the knowledge of languages. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Roger Bacon, Conquest, Language, 0 - Roger Bacon Philosopher and Franciscan friar · England
+ It is easier for a man to burn down his own house than to get rid of his prejudices. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Roger Bacon, House, Prejudice, 0 - Roger Bacon Philosopher and Franciscan friar · England
+ Cease to be ruled by dogmas and authorities; look at the world! Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Roger Bacon, Dogma, 0 - Roger Bacon Philosopher and Franciscan friar · England
A coxcomb is one whom simpletons believe to be a man of merit. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The more wary you are of danger, the more likely you are to meet it. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Envy comes from people’s ignorance of, or lack of belief in, their own gifts. - Jean Vanier Philosopher and theologian
The dangerous falls were the ones that happened so fast you didn’t have time to react - Jeannette Walls Journalist · USA
Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished. - Jeremy Bentham Philosopher · England
