Quote of Francis Bacon - Truth is the daughter of time...

Biography - Francis Bacon:

English philosopher and statesman.
Born: 1561 - Died: 1626
Period:
17th century
16th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.

Francis Bacon - Novum organum

Note

"For rightly is truth called the daughter of time, not of authority."

Quote source: Novum organum

Internet Archive - The Works of Francis Bacon - Translation of the Novum Organum (en)

Wikisource - Novum Organum by Francis Bacon - Book I (en)

Internet Archive - Opervm moralivm et civilivm (la)

Wikisource - Œuvres de Bacon - Nouvel Organum (fr)

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.

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Translation

(French, German, Italian, Latin)

La vérité est la fille du temps et non de l'autorité.

Francis Bacon - Novum organum

Die Wahrheit ist die Tochter der Zeit, nicht der Autorität.

Francis Bacon - Novum organum

La verità è figlia del tempo, non dell'autorità.

Recte enim Veritas Temporis filia dicitur, non auctoritatis.

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