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Francis Bacon ( )

2. At 15 moves to Gra’s Inn London;
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LIFE ON THE FAST TRACK:
At 12 goes to Cambridge;
At 15 moves to Gra’s Inn London;
At 16 assistant of the English ambassador in Paris;
At 20 wins a seat in Parliament where he will remain for 37 years
At 59 Lord Chancellor

3. BACON AS A SON OF THE HUMANISTIC INTELLIGHENZIA
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BACON AS A SON OF THE HUMANISTIC INTELLIGHENZIA
BACON AS A SELF-MADE MAN

4. 2 OBJECTION TO ARISTOTLE:
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2 OBJECTION TO ARISTOTLE:
the predominance of logic over data;
the ambiguous status of these data which rely on our senses (Democritus legitimate and bastard knowledge)
the tabula rasa.

5. scholars “hunt more after words than matter”;
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CRITIQUE OF LANGUAGE:
scholars “hunt more after words than matter”;
Tabula rasa not as a natural starting point

6. Idols of the Marketplace Idols of the Theater
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THE FOUR IDOLS:
Idols of the Tribe
Idols of the Cave
Idols of the Marketplace
Idols of the Theater

7. SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AS A PYRAMIDS: laws of nature observations
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SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AS A PYRAMIDS:
laws of nature
observations

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THE AIM OF KNOWLEDGE:
“a discovery of all operations and possibilities of operations from immortality (if it were possible) to the meanest mechanical practice”.

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BACON AS THE FOREFATHER OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN BRITAIN