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Jul 31, 2024 · Francis Bacon, lord chancellor of England (1618–21), lawyer, statesman, philosopher, and master of the English tongue. He is remembered for the sharp worldly wisdom of a few dozen essays, for his power as a speaker in Parliament and in famous trials, and as a man who claimed all knowledge as his province.
Sep 27, 2023 · Bacon seems to not have enjoyed robust health, and he was famously the patient of William Harvey (1578-1657), who discovered the circulation of the blood in humans. Bacon most likely sought Harvey's advice for curing his chronic gout.
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- Francis Bacon is best known for serving in high government and writing philosophical works which explained his approach to science: experimentation...
- Francis Bacon's philosophy rejected the theoretical emphasis of Aristotelianism and focused on practical experiments to better understand nature. B...
- Francis Bacon's philosophy and approach to science inspired the foundation of the Royal Society in London in 1662.
Bacon's personal secretary and chaplain, William Rawley, wrote in his biography of Bacon that his marriage was one of "much conjugal love and respect", mentioning a robe of honour that he gave to Alice and which "she wore unto her dying day, being twenty years and more after his death".
Dec 29, 2003 · Francis Bacon (1561–1626) was one of the leading figures in natural philosophy and in the field of scientific methodology in the period of transition from the Renaissance to the early modern era. As a lawyer, member of Parliament, and Queen's Counsel, Bacon wrote on questions of law, state and religion, as well as on contemporary politics ...
Aug 9, 2023 · Francis Bacon served as attorney general and Lord Chancellor of England, resigning amid charges of corruption. His more valuable work was philosophical. Bacon took up Aristotelian ideas,...
Lived 1561 – 1626. Francis Bacon discovered and popularized the scientific method, whereby the laws of science are discovered by gathering and analyzing data from experiments and observations, rather than by using logic-based arguments.
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While Bacon agreed with medieval thinkers that humans too often erred in interpreting what their five senses perceived, he also realized that people’s sensory experiences provided the best possible means of making sense of the world.
