A science is not mere knowledge, it is knowledge which has undergone a…

John Henry Newman
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A science is not mere knowledge, it is knowledge which has undergone a process of intellectual digestion. It is the grasp of many things brought together in one, and hence is its power; for, properly speaking, it is Science that is power, not Knowledge. ✨ John Henry Newman (1852). Discourses on the Scope and Nature of University Education: Addressed to the Catholics of Dublin, p.144
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