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
English As She Is Spoke "raining buckets". It is widely believed that Carolino could not speak English, and that a French–English dictionary was used to translate an earlier Portuguese–French phrase book, "O novo guia da conversação em francês e português", written by José da Fonseca. Carolino likely added Fonseca's name to the book without his permission in an attempt to give it some credibility. The Portuguese–French phrase book is apparently a competent work, without the defects that characterize "English As She Is Spoke". Mark Twain said of "English As She Is Spoke" that "Nobody can add to the absurdity of this book, nobody can imitate