It is easier for a man to burn down his own house than to get rid of his prejudices. Roger Bacon More Quotes by Roger Bacon More Quotes From Roger Bacon Knowledge of languages is the doorway to wisdom. Roger Bacon wisdom education inspirational Reasoning draws a conclusion, but does not make the conclusion certain, unless the mind discovers it by the path of experience. Roger Bacon path mind doe There are four chief obstacles in grasping truth ... namely, submission to faulty and unworthy authority, influence of custom, popular prejudice, and the concealment of our own ignorance accompanied by an ostentatious display of our knowledge. Roger Bacon prejudice four ignorance Argument is conclusive, but it does not remove doubt. Roger Bacon argument doubt doe A little learning is a dangerous thing but none at all is fatal. Roger Bacon dangerous ignorance littles Cease to be ruled by dogmas and authorities; look at the world! Roger Bacon dogma looks world Neglect of mathematics work injury to all knowledge, since he who is ignorant of it cannot know the other sciences or things of this world. And what is worst, those who are thus ignorant are unable to perceive their own ignorance, and so do not seek a remedy. Roger Bacon learning ignorance science To ask the proper question is half of knowing. Roger Bacon words-of-wisdom knowing knowledge Atheists are like wild feral dogs wih no master. But Christians are like loving dogs with a giving and loving master. Domesticated dogs will love you always, but Feral wild dogs HAVE to be put down. they are a danger to us all. Roger Bacon atheist christian dog The strongest arguments prove nothing so long as the conclusions are not verified by experience. Experimental science is the queen of sciences and the goal of all speculation. Roger Bacon queens science long There are two modes of knowledge: through argument and through experience. Argument brings conclusions and compels us to concede them, but it does not cause certainty nor remove doubts that the mind may rest in truth, unless this is provided by experience. Roger Bacon doubt education two All sciences are connected; they lend each other material aid as parts of one great whole, each doing its own work, not for itself alone, but for the other parts; as the eye guides the body and the foot sustains it and leads it from place to place. Roger Bacon eye feet science For the things of this world cannot be made known without a knowledge of mathematics. Roger Bacon math world knowledge There are two modes of acquiring knowledge, namely by reasoning and experience. Reasoning draws a conclusion and makes us grant the conclusion, but does not make the conclusion certain, nor does it remove doubt so that the mind may rest on the intuition of truth, unless the mind discovers it by the path of experience. Roger Bacon doubt inspirational two A man is crazy who writes a secret in any other way than one which will conceal it from the vulgar. Roger Bacon crazy writing men Mathematics is the gate and key to science. Roger Bacon gates keys math All science requires mathematics. The knowledge of mathematical things is almost innate in us. This is the easiest of sciences, a fact which is obvious in that no one's brain rejects it; for laymen and people who are utterly illiterate know how to count and reckon. Roger Bacon brain facts people The conquest of learning is achieved through the knowledge of languages. Roger Bacon language-learning conquest language Few have attained to consummate wisdom in the perfection of philosophy: Solomon attained to it, and Aristotle in relation to his times, and in a later age Avicenna, and in our own days the recently deceased Robert, Bishop of Lincoln, and Adam Marsh. Roger Bacon perfection age philosophy No one really knew the sciences except the Lord Robert, Bishop of Lincoln, by reason of his length of life and experience, as well as of his studiousness and zeal. He knew mathematics and perspective, and there was nothing which he was unable to know; and at the same time he was sufficiently acquainted with languages to be able to understand the saints and the philosophers and the wise men of antiquity but his knowledge of languages was not such as to enable him to effect translations until the latter portion of his life. Roger Bacon length-of-life wise men
