Philosophy and Works
Francis Bacon's Philosophy is displayed in the vast and varied writings he left, which might be divided in three great branches:
- Scientifical works - in which his ideas for an universal reform of knowledge, scientific method and the improvement of mankind's state are presented.
- Religious/literary works - in which he presents his moral philosophy and theological meditations.
- Juridical works - in which his reforms in Law are proposed.
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“A writer must always try to have a philosophy and he should also have a psychology and a philology and many other things. Without a philosophy and a psychology and all these various other things he is not really worthy of being called a writer. I agree with Kant and Schopenhauer and Plato and Spinoza and that is quite enough to be called a philosophy. But then of course a philosophy is not the same thing as a style.”
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