Francis Bacon

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born

January 22, 1561

died

April 09, 1626

gender

male

place of birth

London, England, The United Kingdom

genre

Science, Nonfiction

influences

Democritus, Aristotle, Machiavelli

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Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban was an English philosopher, statesman, and essayist. He is also known as a proponent of the scientific revolution. Indeed, according to John Aubrey, his dedication may have brought him into a rare historical group of scientists who were killed by their own experiments.

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avg rating: 3.49 | 413 ratings | 31 reviews | 181 distinct works | 5 fans

	The Essays by Francis Bacon avg rating 3.62 — 99 ratings — published 1972 12 editions	my rating:
	The New Atlantis by Francis Bacon avg rating 3.40 — 53 ratings — published 1982 12 editions	my rating:
	New Atlantis and The Great Instauration, Revised Edition by Francis Bacon avg rating 3.31 — 36 ratings — published 1989	my rating:
	The New Organon by Francis Bacon, Lisa Jardine (Editor), Michael Silverthorne (Editor) avg rating 3.06 — 34 ratings — published 1984 4 editions	my rating:
	Francis Bacon: The Major Works by Francis Bacon avg rating 3.65 — 20 ratings — published 2002 2 editions	my rating:
	Three Early Modern Utopias: Thomas More, Utopia; Francis Bacon, New Atlantis; Henry Neville, The Isle of Pines by Francis Bacon, Henry Neville, Thomas More avg rating 3.56 — 18 ratings — published 2000 2 editions	my rating:
	Francis Bacon: Novum Organum - With Other Parts of The Great Instauration (Volume 3, Paul Carus Student Editions) by Francis Bacon avg rating 3.62 — 16 ratings — published 1994	my rating:
	Of Empire by Francis Bacon avg rating 3.56 — 16 ratings — published 2006	my rating:
	The Advancement of Learning by Francis Bacon avg rating 3.56 — 16 ratings — published 1974 14 editions	my rating:
	Essays, Advancement of learning, New Atlantis, and Other Pieces by Francis Bacon avg rating 3.50 — 10 ratings — published 2000	my rating:

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quotes by Francis Bacon

"Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. "
— Francis Bacon

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"Reading maketh a full man; and writing an axact man. And, therefore, if a man write little, he need have a present wit; and if he read little, he need have much cunning to seem to know which he doth not."
— Francis Bacon

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"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."
— Francis Bacon

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