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

Empiricism, scientific method

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From 'Of Studies', Essays

Date / Period

1625

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Humorous

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