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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]])] |
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| | ===== 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]])] |
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| | ===== 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]])] |
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| | ===== 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]])] |
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| | ===== 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]])] |
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| | ===== 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]])] |
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| | ===== 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 ==== |
| Francis Bacon was an English philosopher, lawyer, and essayist who lived at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries. Counted among the founders of empiricism, he contributed to the creation of modern scientific research methods. [([[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francis-Bacon-Viscount-Saint-Alban|Britannica]])] | Francis Bacon was an English philosopher, lawyer and essayist who lived at the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries. Counted among the founders of empiricism, he contributed to the creation of modern scientific research methods. [([[https://www.britannica.com/biography/Francis-Bacon-Viscount-Saint-Alban|Britannica]])] |
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| ==== Member of Parliament ==== | ==== Member of Parliament ==== |
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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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