"Amicus Plato — amicus Aristoteles — magis amica veritas"
— Isaac Newton

January 1, 1970

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This is a variation on a much older adage, which Roger Bacon attributed to Aristotle: Amicus Plato sed magis amica veritas. Bacon was perhaps paraphrasing a statement in the Nicomachean Ethics: Where both are friends, it is right to prefer truth.