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scientia potentia est

Latin aphorism often claimed to mean organized "knowledge is power"
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scientia potentia est

Summary

scientia potentia est is a redewendung[1]. It draws 213 Wikipedia views per month (redewendung category, ranking #17 of 38).[2]

Key Facts

  • scientia potentia est's instance of is recorded as redewendung[3].
  • scientia potentia est's instance of is recorded as Latin phrase[4].
  • scientia potentia est's Commons category is recorded as Scientia potentia est[5].
  • scientia potentia est's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08p809[6].
  • scientia potentia est's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[7].

Why It Matters

scientia potentia est draws 213 Wikipedia views per month (redewendung category, ranking #17 of 38).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_scientia-potentia-est_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{scientia potentia est}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/scientia-potentia-est}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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