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- Bacon was a patron of libraries and developed a system for cataloguing books under three categories – history, poetry, and philosophy – which could further be divided into specific subjects and subheadings. About books he wrote: "Some books are to be tasted; others swallowed; and some few to be chewed and digested."
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Dec 29, 2003 · Bacon's famous argument that it is wise not to confound the Book of Nature with the Book of God comes into focus, since the latter deals with God's will (inscrutable for man) and the former with God's work, the scientific explanation or appreciation of which is a form of Christian divine service.
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Jul 13, 2012 · Francis Bacon on Learning and How to Read Intelligently. Francis Bacon (January 22, 1561–April 9, 1626) might be best-known as a pioneer of the scientific method, but he was also a prolific and thoughtful philosopher, writer, and scholar of the arts and humanities.
Francis Bacon is considered one of the fathers of modern science. He proposed a great reformation of all processes of knowledge for the advancement of thinking a divine work and human. He called it Instauratio Magna (The Great Instauration – the action of restoring or renewing something).
Francis Bacon, founding father of the Enlightenment, had insights about the four idols of the mind which psychology re-discovered a half century later.
Sep 27, 2023 · Francis Bacon is best known for serving in high government and writing philosophical works which explained his approach to science: experimentation, collating data, and sharing findings all to improve everyone's knowledge and daily lives.
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396 quotes from Francis Bacon: 'Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly.', 'If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.', and 'Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.'
Francis Bacon, lord chancellor of England (1618–21), lawyer, statesman, philosopher, and master of the English tongue. He is remembered for the sharp worldly wisdom of a few dozen essays, for his power as a speaker in Parliament and in famous trials, and as a man who claimed all knowledge as his province.
