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  2. Scientia potentia est - Wikipedia

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    Higdon argues that because the U.S. economy is a knowledge economy the decline in enrollment of non-U.S. students in U.S. universities "has serious long-term implications for the United States." "Knowledge is power (But only if you know how to acquire it)." The Economist, May 8, 2003. A report on corporate knowledge management. Peterson, Ryan.

  3. List of Latin phrases (S) - Wikipedia

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    knowledge is the adornment and protection of the Empire: Motto of Imperial College London: scientia ipsa potentia est: knowledge itself is power: Stated originally by Sir Francis Bacon in Meditationes Sacrae (1597), which in modern times is often paraphrased as scientia est potestas or scientia potentia est (knowledge is power). scientia, labor ...

  4. List of Latin phrases (V) - Wikipedia

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    virtue and knowledge: Common motto virtus in media stat: virtue stands in the middle: A principle derived from the ethical theory of Aristotle. Idiomatically, "good practice lies in the middle path" between two extremes. It is disputed whether media or medio is correct. virtus junxit mors non separabit: that which virtue unites, let not death ...

  5. I know that I know nothing - Wikipedia

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    Socrates, since he denied any kind of knowledge, then tried to find someone wiser than himself among politicians, poets, and craftsmen. It appeared that politicians claimed wisdom without knowledge; poets could touch people with their words, but did not know their meaning; and craftsmen could claim knowledge only in specific and narrow fields.

  6. List of Classical Greek phrases - Wikipedia

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    "(There is) learning in suffering/experience", or "Knowledge/knowing, or wisdom, or learning, through suffering." [26] Aeschylus, Agamemnon, 177 [27] The variant πάθος μάθος means "suffering is learning/learning is suffering." Πῆμα κακὸς γείτων, ὅσσον τ’ ἀγαθὸς μέγ’ ὄνειαρ. [28]

  7. List of university and college mottos - Wikipedia

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    Knowledge is the adornment and safeguard of the empire James College, York: Oderint Dum Metuant: Latin Let them hate, so long as they fear Jesus College, Cambridge: Prosperum iter facias: Latin May your journey be successful John Snow College, Durham: Per scientiam et prudentiam quaere summam: Latin To seek the highest through knowledge and ...

  8. List of Latin phrases (L) - Wikipedia

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    The wood of the cross is the tree of knowledge: School motto of Denstone College: littera scripta manet: The written word endures: Attributed to Horace: loco citato (lc) in the place cited: More fully written in loco citato; see also opere citato: locum tenens: place holder

  9. Theaetetus (dialogue) - Wikipedia

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    The Theaetetus (/ ˌ θ iː ɪ ˈ t iː t ə s /; Greek: Θεαίτητος Theaítētos, lat. Theaetetus) is a philosophical work written by Plato in the early-middle 4th century BCE that investigates the nature of knowledge, and is considered one of the founding works of epistemology.