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Sir Francis Bacon   /sər frˈænsəs bˈeɪkən/   Listen
Sir Francis Bacon

noun
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English statesman and philosopher; precursor of British empiricism; advocated inductive reasoning (1561-1626).  Synonyms: 1st Baron Verulam, Bacon, Baron Verulam, Francis Bacon, Viscount St. Albans.






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"Sir francis bacon" Quotes from Famous Books



... Painting, or Poetry, have a kindly Influence on the Body, as well as the Mind, and not only serve to clear and brighten the Imagination, but are able to disperse Grief and Melancholy, and to set the Animal Spirits in pleasing and agreeable Motions. For this Reason Sir Francis Bacon, in his Essay upon Health, has not thought it improper to prescribe to his Reader a Poem or a Prospect, where he particularly dissuades him from knotty and subtile Disquisitions, and advises him to pursue Studies that fill the Mind with splendid and illustrious ...
— The Spectator, Volume 2. • Addison and Steele



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