Francis Bacon

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born

January 12, 1561 in London, England, The United Kingdom

died

April 09, 1626

gender

male

genre

Philosophy, 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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Average rating: 3.60 · 1,741 ratings · 90 reviews · 454 distinct works

	The Essays by Francis Bacon, John Pitcher (Introduction) 3.64 avg rating — 631 ratings — published 1597 — 98 editions	My rating:
	The New Atlantis 3.14 avg rating — 270 ratings — published 1623 — 43 editions	My rating:
	The New Organon by Francis Bacon, Lisa Jardine (Editor), Michael Silverthorne (Editor) 3.45 avg rating — 150 ratings — published 1623 — 31 editions	My rating:
	New Atlantis and The Great Instauration, Revised Edition 3.41 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 1989	My rating:
	Three Early Modern Utopias: Thomas More, Utopia; Francis Bacon, New Atlantis; Henry Neville, The Isle of Pines by Francis Bacon (Editor), Henry Neville, Thomas More 3.35 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Advancement Of Learning 3.37 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1605 — 40 editions	My rating:
	Francis Bacon: The Major Works by Francis Bacon, Brian Vickers (Editor) 3.43 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Of Empire 3.30 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Francis Bacon: Novum Organum - With Other Parts of The Great Instauration (Volume 3, Paul Carus Student Editions) by Francis Bacon, John Gibson (Editor), Peter Urbach (Editor) 3.75 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1994	My rating:
	Selected Philosophical Works by Francis Bacon, Rose-Mary Sargent (Editor) 2.80 avg rating — 15 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:

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“A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.”
― Francis Bacon, The Essays

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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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“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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