Adelard of Bath Quotes on Truth
Adelard of Bath was an English natural philosopher, mathematician, and translator and one of the principal channels by which Greek and Arabic scientific learning reached the Latin West. This page collects quotes attributed to Adelard of Bath on the topic of truth, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Adelard of Bath:
“I have learned from my Arabic masters to put reason first; from my Latin teachers, authority.”
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Attributed to Adelard of Bath:
“Nature is to be questioned, not merely accepted.”
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Attributed to Adelard of Bath:
“If reason cannot teach the cause, the appeal to authority is vain.”
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Attributed to Adelard of Bath:
“The world is a single causal order open to honest inquiry.”