...describe the power of knowing. More specifically, Bacon asserts at the outset of his Novum Organum that "human knowledge and human power meet in one; for...must be obeyed; and that which in contemplation is the cause is in operation the rule". The definition of knowledge as capacity for action has multi-faceted...

...Knowledge is becoming. More specifically, Bacon asserts at the outset of his Novum Organum (I, Aph. 3) that "human knowledge and human power meet in one; for...must be obeyed; and that which in contemplation is the cause is in operation the rule." The success of human action can be gauged from changes that have...

...role of science and its relation to what we know today as technology. "Human knowledge," he wrote, "and human power meet in one; for where the cause is not known the effect cannot be produced."2 And again: "Now the true and lawful goal of the sciences is none other than this: that...

...attributed to Francis Bacon (1561-1626). A remark made about 400 years ago that partially supports this is: 'Human knowledge and human power meet in one; for...be produced. Nature to be commanded must be obeyed ...'/ Considered one way, the aphorism 'knowledge is power' invites us to explore some of the possible...

...endeavor is not grounded in empirical study. The fourth aphorism repeats this theme by asserting that "all that man can do is to put together or put asunder natural bodies" (WFB, 4:47). This concept is central to Bacon's program; it affirms that everything beneficial to humanity...

...for his claim that "Knowledge is power."6 "Human knowledge and human power come to the same thing, for where the cause is not known the effect cannot be produced. We can only command Nature by obeying her."7 Bacon defended science, then, as the ultimate dominion...

...knowledge led to Bacon's famous aphorism: "Human knowledge and human power come to the same thing, for where the cause is not known the effect cannot be produced. We can only command Nature by obeying her, and what in contemplation represents the cause, in operation...

...sciences depend on their causal knowledge. They are both sides of the same coin, as he pointed out: "[F]or where the cause is not known the effect cannot...contemplation is as the cause is in operation as the rule." (Bacon 1962 [1620]: 47). The force of the causal furor can be reconstructed by tracing the shift of...

...because it is positive. Bacon is a heroic discoverer of secrets and a knower of deep origins, who wrote, "Human knowledge and human power meet in one; for where the cause is not known the effect cannot be produced."17 Truth is a treasure hidden in caves, and Bacon is a lightninglike aggressor who delves...

...the instruments of the mind supply either suggestions for the understanding or cautions. + in. VHuman knowledge and human power meet in one; for where the...contemplation is as the cause is in operation as the rule. iv.1" Towards the effecting of works, all that man can do is to put together or put asunder natural...