There are four chief obstacles in grasping truth... namely, submission to faulty and unworthy authority, influence of custom, popular prejudice, and the concealment of our own ignorance accompanied by an ostentatious display of our knowledge.


Opus Majus, Volumes 1 and 2 (ed. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016) - ISBN: 9781512814064

Roger Bacon Quotes

There are four chief obstacles in grasping truth... namely, submission to faulty and unworthy authority, influence of custom, popular prejudice, and...

There are four chief obstacles in grasping truth... namely, submission to faulty and unworthy authority, influence of custom, popular prejudice, and...

There are four chief obstacles in grasping truth... namely, submission to faulty and unworthy authority, influence of custom, popular prejudice, and...

There are four chief obstacles in grasping truth... namely, submission to faulty and unworthy authority, influence of custom, popular prejudice, and...