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NNadir

(33,541 posts) Wed Jan 20, 2021, 02:09 AM Jan 2021

Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.

-Francis Bacon, as quoted by Dmitri Volkogonov, in Stalin, Triumph and Tragedy

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Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority. (Original Post) NNadir Jan 2021 OP

Great quote from a philosopher and a scientist. Knowledge was something that... RussellCattle Jan 2021 #1

Authority is the son of BULLSHIT! AmyStrange Jan 2021 #2

Come to think of it, and not to stir THAT pot again, but... AmyStrange Jan 2021 #3

Well, they were contemporaries. They certainly knew how to... NNadir Jan 2021 #4

Thank God... AmyStrange Jan 2021 #5

RussellCattle

(1,535 posts)

1. Great quote from a philosopher and a scientist. Knowledge was something that...

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Wed Jan 20, 2021, 03:15 AM

Jan 2021

....we accumulate over time, not just something we have and preserve. Thanks for posting this on the eve of what we can hope is a rebirth in the role of truth, and science, in our lives.

AmyStrange

(7,989 posts)

2. Authority is the son of BULLSHIT!

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Wed Jan 20, 2021, 05:11 AM

Jan 2021

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Not to lessen Bacon's excellent quote of course.

Also, I apologize to all the innocent bulls in the world for the insult.
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AmyStrange

(7,989 posts)

3. Come to think of it, and not to stir THAT pot again, but...

Reply to NNadir (Original post)

Wed Jan 20, 2021, 05:13 AM

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that quote sure sounds a lot like something Shakespeare would write.

Anyway, thanks for sharing.
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NNadir

(33,541 posts)

4. Well, they were contemporaries. They certainly knew how to...

Reply to AmyStrange (Reply #3)

Wed Jan 20, 2021, 08:32 AM

Jan 2021

..."tweet" in their times without being twits.

It does seem that all that was truly great about the English language has been debased in the last 30 years of so. They of course, were rather good with soundbites, now rebranded as "tweets," but not limited to them.

AmyStrange

(7,989 posts)

5. Thank God...

Reply to NNadir (Reply #4)

Wed Jan 20, 2021, 09:57 AM

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Twitter is now Twit-less.
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