Francis Bacon




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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The Essays The Essays
by Francis Bacon
avg rating 3.62 — 99 ratings — published 1972
12 editions
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The New Atlantis The New Atlantis
by Francis Bacon
avg rating 3.40 — 53 ratings — published 1982
12 editions
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New Atlantis and The Great Ins... New Atlantis and The Great Instauration, Revised Edition
by Francis Bacon
avg rating 3.31 — 36 ratings — published 1989
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The New Organon The New Organon
by Francis Bacon, Lisa Jardine (Editor), Michael Silverthorne (Editor)
avg rating 3.06 — 34 ratings — published 1984
4 editions
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Francis Bacon: The Major Works Francis Bacon: The Major Works
by Francis Bacon
avg rating 3.65 — 20 ratings — published 2002
2 editions
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Three Early Modern Utopias: Th... 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
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Francis Bacon: Novum Organum -... 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
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Of Empire Of Empire
by Francis Bacon
avg rating 3.56 — 16 ratings — published 2006
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The Advancement of Learning The Advancement of Learning
by Francis Bacon
avg rating 3.56 — 16 ratings — published 1974
14 editions
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Essays, Advancement of learnin... Essays, Advancement of learning, New Atlantis, and Other Pieces
by Francis Bacon
avg rating 3.50 — 10 ratings — published 2000
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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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"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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