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
Terminus Est a thrusting weapon. "Terminus Est" is eventually destroyed while Severian wields it in battle. This occurs during his fight against Baldanders, his former traveling companion. When "Terminus Est" strikes the massive and bizarre mace Baldanders wields, which seems to be tuned to the resonance frequency at which Terminus Est would shatter, both weapons are destroyed. Upon the destruction of "Terminus Est", Severian recovers the hilt of the shattered blade, later returning it to Master Palaemon upon his triumphant return to the Citadel at the close of the series. "Terminus Est" is commonly translated from the Latin as "This is the