Argument Is Conclusive, But It

For If Any Man Who Never Saw Fire Proved By Satisfactory Arguments That Fire Burns. His Hearer's Mind Would Never Be Satisfied, Nor Would He Avoid The Fire Until He Put His Hand In It That He Might Learn By Experiment What Argument Taught.

All Science Requires Mathematics. [editors' Summary Of Bacon's Idea, Not Bacon's Wording.]

There Are Two Modes Of Acquiring Knowledge, Namely By Reasoning And Experience. Reasoning Draws A Conclusion And Makes Us Grant The Conclusion, But Does Not Make The Conclusion Certain, Nor Does It Remove Doubt So That The Mind May Rest On The Intuition Of Truth, Unless The Mind Discovers It By The Path Of Experience.

The Conquest Of Learning Is Achieved Through The Knowledge Of Languages.

For The Things Of This World Cannot Be Made Known Without A Knowledge Of Mathematics.