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Francis Bacon

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Born in York House, Strand · Died in Highgate

writer · Kingdom of England · associated with empiricism

Notable works: New Atlantis, inductive reasoning

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The Advancement of Learning

From Project Gutenberg e-text #5500 (public domain in the USA).

So it is in contemplation: if a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

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Novum organum: or, True suggestions for the interpretation of nature

From Project Gutenberg e-text #45988 (public domain in the USA).

There are and can exist but two ways of investigating and discovering truth.

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