Now four chief obstacles grasping truth, hinder every man, however lea — Roger Bacon, Opus Majus Roger Bacon

Roger Bacon The Opus Majus of Roger Bacon

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Now there are four chief obstacles in grasping truth, which hinder every man, however learned, and scarcely allow anyone to win a clear title to learning, namely, submission to faulty and unworthy authority, influence of custom, popular prejudice, and concealment of our own ignorance accompanied by an ostentatious display of our knowledge.

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