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Treating authors as dictators rather than advisers has done the sciences infinite damage
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- Francis Bacon English philosopher, lawyer and statesman (1561 to 1626)
And as for the overmuch credit that hath been given unto authors in sciences, in making them dictators, that their words should stand, and not consuls, to give advice; the damage is infinite that sciences have received thereby, as the principal cause that hath kept them low at a stay without growth or advancement.
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↗The Advancement of Learning (1605)gutenberg.org
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