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What does this mean? Vere scire est per causas scire?

Asked by auhsojsa (2516points) January 13th, 2012
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An astronomer uses this in exchanges of email with me and it’s just part of his signature, I can’t find a site that’s translating correctly.

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BhacSsylan's avatar

It’s a quote from Francis Bacon, a rough translation I’ve found is “Real knowledge lies in knowing causes”. It’s been a while since I’ve taken latin, though, so I can’t quite confirm that, but it sounds close.

Also attributed to Aristotle, I should say, in the greek as “Scire est per causa scire”. And a more formal translation is “To know truly is to know through causes”

marinelife's avatar

Almost. the literal translation is: Truly to know is to know through their causes.

Jeruba's avatar

There’s no “their” there.

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