knowledge is power
NOL-ij iz POW-er
ˈnɒlɪdʒ ɪz ˈpaʊərListen
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the possession of knowledge and education gives a person influence, advantages, and the ability to control their circumstances and the world around them; attributed to Francis Bacon in the Latin form scientia potestas est from his 1597 Meditationes Sacrae; the phrase became a cornerstone of Enlightenment thought and progressive educational philosophy, arguing that access to education is inseparable from access to social and political power, and that restricting knowledge is a tool of oppression while spreading it is a tool of liberation
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