Scientia potentia est man which constitute power; in this list, "sciences" or "the sciences" are given a minor position: In the English version this passage reads as thus: On a later work, "De Corpore" (1655), also written in Latin, Hobbes expanded the same idea: In Jean Hampton, "Hobbes and the social contract tradition" (1988), Hampton indicates that this quote is 'after Bacon' and in a footnote, that 'Hobbes was Bacon's secretary as a young man and had philosophical discussions with him (Aubrey 1898, 331). The closest expression in Bacon's works is, perhaps, the expression ""scientia potestas est"", found in his "" (1597), which
Latin grammar in Latin. In the present or future, the same tenses have both aspectual meanings. Unlike in Ancient Greek or modern English, there is no distinction between perfect ("I have done") and simple past ("I did"). The same tense, known in Latin grammar as the perfect tense, has both meanings. The participles "ductus" and "ductūrus" change for different genders. Thus "ductus est" = 'he was led', but "ducta est" 'she was led', "ductum est" = 'it was led'. The passive imperative is almost never used except in deponent verbs, e.g. "sequere mē!" 'follow me!' Regular verbs are divided into four groups,