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There are also Idols formed by the intercourse and association of men with each other, which I call Idols of the Market Place, on account of the comm… - Francis Bacon
" "There are also Idols formed by the intercourse and association of men with each other, which I call Idols of the Market Place, on account of the commerce and consort of men there. For it is by discourse that men associate, and words are imposed according to the apprehension of the vulgar. And therefore the ill and unfit choice of words wonderfully obstructs the understanding. Nor do the definitions or explanations wherewith in some things learned men are wont to guard and defend themselves, by any means set the matter right. But words plainly force and overrule the understanding, and throw all into confusion, and lead men away into numberless empty controversies and idle fancies.
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About Francis Bacon
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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Francis Bacon of Verulamius
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Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam
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Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626
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Francis Bacon, Viscount Saint Alban
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Credulity in arts and opinions (…) is likewise of two kinds viz., when men give too much belief to arts themselves, or to certain authors in any art. The sciences that sway the imagination more than the reason are principally three viz., astrology, natural magic, and alchemy (…). Alchemy may be compared to the man who told his sons that he had left them gold, buried somewhere in his vineyard; while they by digging found no gold, but by turning up the mould about the roots of the vines procured a plentiful vintage. So the search and endeavours to make gold have brought many useful inventions to light.
قد لا أعتقد بجميع القصص و الأساطير التي جاءت بالكتب الدينية ولكن لا يمكن أن أعتقد بعدم وجود عقل مدبر لهذا العالم. إن القليل من الفلسفة ينزع بعقل الإنسان إلى الإلحاد ولكن التعمق فيها ينتهي بعقول الناس إلى الإيمان لأن عقل الإنسان عندما ينظر إلى الأسباب الثانوية المبعثرة قد يتوقف عندها ولا يتجاوزها، ولكن عندما يشاهد تسلسلها و اتحادها، و اتصالها بعضها بعضا ينتهي به ذلك إلى الإيمان بوجود العناية الإلهية.
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