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Sir Francis Bacon
(1561 - 1626 / England)

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Francis Bacon was the son of Nicolas Bacon, the Lord Keeper of the Seal of Elisabeth I. He entered Trinity College Cambridge at age 12. Bacon later described his tutors as "Men of sharp wits, shut up in their cells of a few authors, chiefly Aristotle, their Dictator." This is likely the beginning of .. .. more >>

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"Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New."
Francis Bacon (1561-1626), British philosopher, essayist, statesman. Essays, "Of Adversity," (1597-1625).

"Mahomet made the people believe that he would call a hill to him, and from the top of it offer up his prayers for the observers of the Law. The people assembled; Mahomet called the hill to come to him again and again; and when the hill stood still, he was never a whit abashed, but said, If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill."
Francis Bacon (1561-1626), British philosopher, essayist, statesman. Essays, "Of Boldness," (1597-1625). Referring to a tradition relating to Muhammad. "So," Bacon explained, "these men, when they have promised great matters, and failed most shamefully (yet if they have the perfection of boldness), they will but slight it over, and make a turn, and no more ado." This is the first appearance of the proverb in English.

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Francis Bacon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
In April 1626, Sir Francis Bacon came to Highgate near London, and passed away ..... On 22 January, 1621 in honour of Sir Francis Bacon's sixtieth birthday, ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626)
An annotated list of resources and links, covering the life and works of Bacon.
http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/bacon/

Francis Bacon [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
Sir Francis Bacon (later Lord Verulam and the Viscount St. Albans) was an English lawyer, statesman, essayist, historian, intellectual reformer, philosopher ...
http://www.iep.utm.edu/b/bacon.htm

Francis Bacon
Brief biography with a link to the etext of "New Atlantis."
http://oregonstate.edu/instruct/phl302/philosophers/bacon.html

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