I have often wondered and even laughed at those who fancied that everything had been so consummately and absolutely investigated by an Aristotle or a Galen or some other mighty name, that nothing could by any possibility be added to their knowledge.
— William Harvey Early Modern

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From his writings, criticizing the dogmatic adherence to ancient authorities in medicine and science.

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Undetermined, likely early 17th Century

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