The four greatest stumbling blocks to understanding are: authority, long-standing custom, the sense of the ignorant crowd, and the hiding of one's own ignorance under the show of wisdom.
Early advocate of scientific method
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"The common people are easily deceived by false appearances."
Controversial"He who knows not mathematics cannot know any other sciences."
Strange & Unusual"The secrets of nature are not revealed to those who rely on books alone."
Strange & Unusual"There are four chief obstacles to grasping truth: authority, habit, popular opinion, and the concealment of ignorance."
Strange & Unusual"The greatest part of the world is in error, and they do not know it."
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