<P> The phrase `` scientia potentia est '' ( or `` scientia est potentia '' or also `` scientia potestas est '' ) is a Latin aphorism meaning `` knowledge is power '' . It is commonly attributed to Sir Francis Bacon , although there is no known occurrence of this precise phrase in Bacon 's English or Latin writings . However , the expression `` ipsa scientia potestas est '' ( ' knowledge itself is power ' ) occurs in Bacon 's Meditationes Sacrae ( 1597 ) . The exact phrase `` scientia potentia est '' was written for the first time in the 1668 version of the work Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes , who was secretary to Bacon as a young man . </P>
<P> The phrase `` scientia potentia est '' ( or `` scientia est potentia '' or also `` scientia potestas est '' ) is a Latin aphorism meaning `` knowledge is power '' . It is commonly attributed to Sir Francis Bacon , although there is no known occurrence of this precise phrase in Bacon 's English or Latin writings . However , the expression `` ipsa scientia potestas est '' ( ' knowledge itself is power ' ) occurs in Bacon 's Meditationes Sacrae ( 1597 ) . The exact phrase `` scientia potentia est '' was written for the first time in the 1668 version of the work Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes , who was secretary to Bacon as a young man . </P>
who said the famous quote knowledge is power
who said the famous quote knowledge is power
Thomas Hobbes
Thomas Hobbes