Scientia potentia est A Sponti (Außerparlamentarische Opposition) version of the slogan is "Wissen ist Macht, nichts wissen, macht auch nichts", a pun about the previous motto along the line "Knowledge is power, but being ignorant doesn't bother anyway". Joschka Fischer and Daniel Cohn-Bendit belong to those Spontis that nevertheless held powerful positions, in Fischer's case with no more formal education than a taxi driver's licence. The German Bundeswehr Bataillon Elektronische Kampfführung 932, an electronic warfare unit based in Frankenberg (Eder), still uses the Latin version "Scientia potentia est" as its motto. Though its meaning varies from author to author, the phrase often implies
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,