Human knowledge and human power meet in one; for where the cause is not known the effect cannot be produced. Nature to be commanded must be obeyed; and that which in contemplation is as the cause is in operation as the rule.
Francis Bacon
Wow, I’m surprised this had not been posted before. Good catch.
I was very surprised, too. I’d found a similar quote—one that that I’ll put in a top-level comment—and checked for the Bacon quote.
Human knowledge and human power meet in one; for where the cause is not known the effect cannot be produced. Nature to be commanded must be obeyed; and that which in contemplation is as the cause is in operation as the rule.
Francis Bacon
Wow, I’m surprised this had not been posted before. Good catch.
I was very surprised, too. I’d found a similar quote—one that that I’ll put in a top-level comment—and checked for the Bacon quote.