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To gain access to the intended meaning of NULLIUS IN VERBA, we have to understand it as an oblique reference to lines from the epistles of Horace (65 BC-8 BC). Such use of allusion is interesting, in view of Sprat's exaggerated claim that the members of the Society were dedicated to a simple plainness in their use of words!
Nullius in verba (Latin for "no one's words" or "take nobody's word for it") is the motto of the Royal Society. John Evelyn and other fellows of the Royal Society chose the motto soon after the Society's founding in 1660.
Jan 5, 2009 · ‘Nullius in verba’ and ‘nihil in verbis’: public understanding of the role of language in science. Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 January 2009. Clive Sutton. Article. Metrics. Get access. Cite. Rights & Permissions. Extract.
I argue that the error is intimately associated with a traditional view of scientific language as a medium for descriptive reporting, a view which has been very influential in schools, and is consequently perpetuated in the public understanding of science.
Preface: Nullius in Verba. P.B. Stark. The origins of the scientific method, epitomized by Sir Francis Bacon’s work in the early 1600s, amount to insistence on direct evidence.
Dec 12, 2017 · Hanlon provides an overview of the Royal Society and mentions their motto, ‘nullius in verba’, which translates to ‘take nobody’s word for it’. The Society focused heavily on pure observational science and detailed accounts of experimentation and research, without an overwhelming focus on ‘why’ or ‘how’.
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Nullius is the genitive singular of nemo, the Latin for “no one.” In verba is a puzzling phrase, for reasons I shall examine in a moment. But it is best understood here as “on the word of.”
