Francis Bacon (person)

1561-1626, English philosopher, essayist, cryptographer, and statesman.

Lived during the Elizabethan era. Perhaps his best-known writings are his aphoristic Essays 1597-1625.The major philosophical work, the Instauratio Magna, Novum Organum 1620. His major contribution to philosophy was his application of Induction, the approach used by modern Scientific Method. For example, he noticed that Hot water freezes faster than cold water.

Books he wrote include:

• De Augmentis Scientiarum
• Novum Organum 1620

See: The Essays of Francis Bacon :

• Of Marriage and Single Life
• Of Death
• Of Revenge
• Of Truth
• Of Parents and Children
• Of Adversity
• Of Unity in Religion
• Of Simulation and Dissimulation
• Of Great Place
• Of Love

Related Nodea:

• Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est "From knowledge is power"
• Bacon Cipher
• Rosicrucian Order
• Cryptography
• list of philosophers
• Order of Athena
• the loss of self

Source: http://www.orst.edu/instruct/phl302/philosophers/bacon.html Last Updated 06.03.03