But we are not dedicating or building any Capitol or Pyramid to human Pride, but found a holy temple in the human Intellect, on the model of the Universe... For whatever is worthy of Existence is worthy of Knowledge-which is the Image (or Echo) of Existence.
Francisci BAconi de Verulamio,...: Novum organum, sive Indicia vera de interpretatione naturæ (ed. 1855)