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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... reasons Bacon still deserves close study is his importance in human civilization as a prophetic thinker who , standing at the threshold of the modern period , perceived some of the possibilities inherent in the development of science ...
... reasons Bacon still deserves close study is his importance in human civilization as a prophetic thinker who , standing at the threshold of the modern period , perceived some of the possibilities inherent in the development of science ...
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... reason that I have never understood , editors of scientific journals have adopted several conventions that stifle good prose , albeit unintentionally - particularly the unrelenting passive voice required in descriptive sections , and ...
... reason that I have never understood , editors of scientific journals have adopted several conventions that stifle good prose , albeit unintentionally - particularly the unrelenting passive voice required in descriptive sections , and ...
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... reason of the greatness of examples , or too incompatible and differing from the times by reason of the dis- similitude of examples ; or at least , that it doth divert men's tra- vails from action and business , and bringeth them to a ...
... reason of the greatness of examples , or too incompatible and differing from the times by reason of the dis- similitude of examples ; or at least , that it doth divert men's tra- vails from action and business , and bringeth them to a ...
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... reason it cannot be but a matter of doubtful consequence if states be managed by empiric statesmen , not well mingled with men grounded in learning . But contrariwise , it is almost without instance contradictory that ever any ...
... reason it cannot be but a matter of doubtful consequence if states be managed by empiric statesmen , not well mingled with men grounded in learning . But contrariwise , it is almost without instance contradictory that ever any ...
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... reason of the rule of the women , who were aided by the teachers and preceptors . Nay , let a man look into the government of the bishops of Rome , as by name , into the government of Pius Quintus and Sextus Quintus in our times , who ...
... reason of the rule of the women , who were aided by the teachers and preceptors . Nay , let a man look into the government of the bishops of Rome , as by name , into the government of Pius Quintus and Sextus Quintus in our times , who ...
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