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scientia potentia est
scientia potentia est
A Latin phrase meaning "knowledge is power." Renaissance scholar Sir Francis Bacon is usually credited with popularizing the phrase. A successful life starts with a good education—after all, scientia potentia est.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Rutledge | | ['rʌtlidʒ] | |
Sher | | - | Urdu, Pashto |
Wine | | - | Anglo-Saxon |
Denica | | - | Bulgarian, Macedonian |
Evaristo | | e-vah-REE-sto (Italian) | Spanish, Italian, Portuguese |
Bernike | | - | Biblical Greek |