scientia est potentia

[ skee-en-tee-ah est poh-ten-tee-ah; English see-en-shee-uhest poh-ten-shee-uh ]

Latin.

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How to use scientia est potentia in a sentence

There is a section of this work which bears the title "Scientia Experimentalis."
Old-Time Makers of Medicine | James J. Walsh
Indeed the etymology of Scientia, which he cites from Scaliger, p. 370, is quite as singular as any in the Kratylus.
Plato and the Other Companions of Sokrates, 3rd ed. Volume III (of 4) | George Grote
An ignoratis quod non sit similis mihi in auguriandi scientia.
Selections from Early Middle English 1130-1250: Part II: Notes | Various
But, to be able to explain an error is a necessary condition of seeing the truth; for, 'Contrariorum eadem est Scientia.'
Analysis of Mr. Mill's System of Logic | William Stebbing
Scientia is truth, or conclusions stated as truths which stand irrespective of the personality of the speaker or writer.
Confessions of a Book-Lover | Maurice Francis Egan

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