The Advancement of LearningRandom House Publishing Group, 01.08.2012 - 254 Seiten Francis Bacon, lawyer, statesman, and philosopher, remains one of the most effectual thinkers in European intellectual history. We can trace his influence from Kant in the 1700s to Darwin a century later. The Advancement of Learning, first published in 1605, contains an unprecedented and thorough systematization of the whole range of human knowledge. Bacon’s argument that the sciences should move away from divine philosophy and embrace empirical observation would forever change the way philosophers and natural scientists interpret their world. |
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... whose imagination gave him some intimation of the role science might play in creating what he envisaged as the future kingdom of man.” And biographer Lytton Strachey concluded: “Bacon's mind was universal Francis Bacom . ix.
... whose imagination gave him some intimation of the role science might play in creating what he envisaged as the future kingdom of man.” And biographer Lytton Strachey concluded: “Bacon's mind was universal Francis Bacom . ix.
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Francis Bacon. man.” And biographer Lytton Strachey concluded: “Bacon's mind was universal in its comprehensiveness; there was nothing in the world of which he could not write. And this must be his praise—that while other men have shown ...
Francis Bacon. man.” And biographer Lytton Strachey concluded: “Bacon's mind was universal in its comprehensiveness; there was nothing in the world of which he could not write. And this must be his praise—that while other men have shown ...
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... conclude with myself, that I could not make unto your Majesty a better oblation than of some treatise tending to that end, whereof the sum will consist of these two parts; the former concerning the excellency of learning and knowledge ...
... conclude with myself, that I could not make unto your Majesty a better oblation than of some treatise tending to that end, whereof the sum will consist of these two parts; the former concerning the excellency of learning and knowledge ...
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... conclude therefore, let no man upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill-applied moderation think or maintain, that a man can search too far, or be too well studied in the book of God's word, or in the book of God's works, divinity or ...
... conclude therefore, let no man upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill-applied moderation think or maintain, that a man can search too far, or be too well studied in the book of God's word, or in the book of God's works, divinity or ...
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