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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 ...
The phrase "scientia potentia est" (or "scientia est potentia" or also "scientia potestas est") is a Latin aphorism meaning "knowledge is power", commonly attributed to Sir Francis Bacon. The expression " ipsa scientia potestas est " ('knowledge itself is power') occurs in Bacon's Meditationes Sacrae (1597).
It is the Latin translation from John 1:36, when St. John the Baptist exclaimes "Ecce Agnus Dei!" ("Behold the Lamb of God!") upon seeing Jesus Christ. alea iacta est: the die has been cast: Said by Julius Caesar (Greek: ἀνερρίφθω κύβος, anerrhíphthō kýbos) upon crossing the Rubicon in 49 BC, according to Suetonius.
from knowledge, sea power: The United States Naval Academy motto. Refers to knowledge bringing men power over the sea comparable to that of the trident-bearing Greek god Poseidon. ex scientia vera: from knowledge, truth: The motto of the College of Graduate Studies at Middle Tennessee State University. ex silentio: from silence
Latin Translation Notes vacate et scire: be still and know. Motto of the University of Sussex: vade ad formicam: go to the ant: From the Vulgate, Proverbs 6:6. The full quotation translates as "Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise!" [2] vade mecum: go with me: A vade-mecum or vademecum is an item one carries around ...
Latin Knowledge by hand and mind University of Newcastle: I Look Ahead English The University of Notre Dame Australia: In principio erat Verbum: Latin In the beginning was the Word. (John 1:1) University of Queensland: Scientia ac Labore: Latin Through knowledge and hard work University of Southern Queensland: Per Studia Mens Nova: Latin
This page is one of a series listing English translations of notable Latin phrases, such as veni, vidi, vici and et cetera. Some of the phrases are themselves translations of Greek phrases, as ancient Greek rhetoric and literature started centuries before the beginning of Latin literature in ancient Rome. [1] This list covers the letter L.
As knowledge of Greek declined in the West with the fall of the Western Roman Empire, so did knowledge of the Greek texts, many of which had remained without a Latin translation. [3] The fragile nature of papyrus as a writing medium meant that older texts not copied onto expensive parchment would eventually crumble and be lost.