An old [global] proverb => its source?

[Kosmas Theodorides]

Having reached Bacon, going further back seems irresistible. As for the
inspiration of the "scientific revolution", invisibles colleges and
all,  this one on the teachings of Pythagoras:

"What is the wisest thing? Number; but second the one who assigns names to
things."

from Iamblichus Vita Pythagorae, DK 58C4 and KRS 277

A few soothing words for the troubled world of systematists.

Kosmas Th.

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Kosmas Theodorides

Department of Entomology,
The Natural History Museum,
Cromwell Road,
London, SW7 5BD,

and

Imperial College,
Department of Biological Sciences,
Silwood Park, Ascot,
Berks SL5 7PY, UK

phone +44 (0)207 942 5609/5016
fax +44 (0)207 942 5229

kost at nhm.ac.uk
k.theodorides at ic.ac.uk

Everything flows and nothing remains the same. Heraclitus