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Ignorant themselves of the forces of nature and wanting to have company in their ignorance, they don’t want people to look into anything; they want us to believe like peasants and not to ask the reason behind things. … But we say that the reason behind everything should be sought out. … If they learn that anyone is so inquiring, they shout out that he is a heretic, placing more reliance on their monkish garb than on their wisdom.
— William of Conches, c. 1090 – after 1154 —- de philosophia mundi
