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 ====== Francis Bacon ====== ====== Francis Bacon ======
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 +===== Birth =====
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 +Francis Bacon was born on January 22, 1561, in London, England.[([[https://www.biography.com/scholars-educators/francis-bacon|biography]])]
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 +===== Early Work =====
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 +Bacon's early work focused on law and politics, but he later turned his attention to philosophy and science.[([[https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/francis-bacon/|stanford]])]
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 +===== Prolific Writer =====
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 +He was a prolific writer and is known for his aphoristic style of writing.[([[https://www.mbbcollege.in/students/viewtxt.php?folder=notes&id=89|mbbcollege]])]
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 +===== Inductive Method Of Reasoning =====
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 +He was a proponent of the inductive method of reasoning, which emphasizes observation and experimentation.[([[https://brainly.com/question/187350|brainly]])]
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 +===== Observation And Experience =====
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 +He argued that knowledge should be based on observation and experience rather than tradition or authority.[([[https://www.thecollector.com/francis-bacon-knowledge-is-power/|thecollector]])]
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 +===== Novum Organum =====
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 +Bacon's "Novum Organum" introduced the concept of the "Baconian method" for scientific investigation.[([[https://www.britannica.com/science/Baconian-method|britannica]])]
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 +===== Science Should Improve Society =====
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 +He believed that science should aim to improve the human condition and contribute to the advancement of society.[([[https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/renaissance-reformation/baroque-art1/beginners-guide-baroque1/a/francis-bacon-and-the-scientific-revolution|khanacademy]])]
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 +===== Knighted And Became A Baron =====
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 +Bacon was knighted in 1603 and became a baron in 1618.[([[https://library.princeton.edu/visual_materials/maps/websites/thematic-maps/bacon/bacon.html|princeton]])]
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 +===== Accused Of Corruption And Bribery =====
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 +He was accused of corruption and bribery during his time as Lord Chancellor and was subsequently impeached and fined.[([[https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9780823295579-011/pdf?licenseType=restricted|degruyter]])]
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 +===== Death =====
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 +He died on April 9, 1626, in Highgate, London.[([[https://www.londonremembers.com/subjects/sir-francis-bacon|londonremembers]])]
 +
 +===== Pneumonia =====
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 +Bacon's death is believed to have been caused by pneumonia, which he contracted after stuffing a chicken with snow to see if it would preserve the meat.[([[https://homework.study.com/explanation/when-did-francis-bacon-die.html|study]])]
 +
 +===== William Shakespeare =====
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 +He was a contemporary of William Shakespeare, and there is speculation about whether they may have collaborated or influenced each other's work.[([[https://www.quora.com/Is-Francis-Bacon-William-Shakespeare|quora]])]
 +
 +===== Essays =====
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 +Bacon's essays, first published in 1597, cover a wide range of topics, including friendship, love, marriage, and morality.[([[https://pressbooks.pub/earlybritishlit/chapter/francis-bacon-essays/|pressbooks]])]
 +
 +===== Alchemy =====
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 +Bacon was interested in alchemy and believed in the possibility of transmuting base metals into gold.[([[https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9780271078038-006/html|degruyter]])]
 +
 +===== New Atlantis =====
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 +He wrote a utopian novel titled "New Atlantis," which describes a fictional society based on scientific principles.[([[https://publisherspanel.com/api/files/view/12810.pdf|Britannica]])]
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 +===== Unification Of Knowledge =====
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 +Bacon was an advocate for the unification of knowledge and the cooperation of scholars from different disciplines.[([[https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/francis-bacon/|stanford]])]
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 +===== Establishment Of Scientific Institutions =====
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 +He proposed the establishment of scientific institutions, including a "Great Instauration" of the sciences.[([[https://iep.utm.edu/francis-bacon/|iep]])]
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 +===== Impactful =====
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 +Bacon's philosophical writings had a significant impact on the Enlightenment thinkers of the 18th century.[([[https://www.quora.com/What-were-Sir-Francis-Bacons-and-Rene-Descartes-influence-on-enlightenment-and-enlightenment-thinkers|quora]])]
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 +===== Fluent In Many Languages =====
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 +He was fluent in several languages, including Latin, French, and Italian.[([[https://books.openedition.org/enseditions/2581|openedition]])]
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 +===== Marked With Tragedy =====
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 +Bacon's personal life was marked by tragedy, including the deaths of his mother, father, and brother.[([[https://www.biography.com/scholars-educators/francis-bacon|biography]])]
 +
 +===== No Family =====
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 +He never married and had no children of his own.[([[https://www.quora.com/Do-you-agree-with-Francis-Bacon-that-to-maximize-your-life-either-being-prodigious-or-living-in-mystery-it-is-best-to-stay-unmarried-and-no-child|quora]])]
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 ==== English philosopher ==== ==== English philosopher ====
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 ==== De dignitate et augmentis scientiarum ==== ==== De dignitate et augmentis scientiarum ====
 In his work //De dignitate et augmentis scientiarum// (1623), he reviewed and personally classified all the sciences. Bacon divided them into history/memory (the description of facts that have previously occurred), poetry/imagination and philosophy/reason (any kind of cognition). [([[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22702164/|National Library of Medicine]])] In his work //De dignitate et augmentis scientiarum// (1623), he reviewed and personally classified all the sciences. Bacon divided them into history/memory (the description of facts that have previously occurred), poetry/imagination and philosophy/reason (any kind of cognition). [([[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22702164/|National Library of Medicine]])]
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