Francis Bacon Quotes

English philosopher and statesman (1561–1626)

Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St. Alban KC (22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman and essayist. His works argued for the possibility of scientific knowledge based only upon inductive reasoning and careful observation of events in nature. Most importantly, he argued this could be achieved by use of a sceptical and methodical approach whereby scientists aim to avoid misleading themselves. His general idea of the importance and possibility of a skeptical methodology makes Bacon the father of the scientific method. This marked a new turn in the rhetorical and theoretical framework for science, the practical details of which are still central in debates about science and methodology today.

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Alternative Names: Franciscus Bacon • Francis Bacon of Verulamius • Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam • Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626 • Francis Bacon, Viscount Saint Alban

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The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.

Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.

Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.

Salomon saith, There is no new thing upon the earth. So that as Plato had an imagination, that all knowledge was but remembrance; so Salomon giveth his sentence, that all novelty is but oblivion.

They are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they can see nothing but sea.

The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.

the serpent if it wants to become the dragon must eat itself.

Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.

The only really interesting thing is
what happens between two people in a room.

Great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.

The worst solitute is to be destitute of true friendship.

Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god.

Nature cannot be commanded except by being obeyed.

A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion

A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.

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