Francis+Bacon

=FRANCIS BACON (1561-1626)= He entered Trinity College Cambridge at age 12. He was a very smart child, but later on when he was 18 his father died. With his fathers death he was the youngest of the family and left penniless. Being on the brink of poverty he turned to the law and at age 23 he was already in the House of Commons. His rich relatives did little to advance his career and Elisabeth apparently distrusted him. It was not until James I became King that Bacon's career advanced. He rose to become Baron Verulam, Viscount St. Albans and Lord. In 1576 he entered Gray's Inn, and in the same year joined the embassy of Sir Amyas Paulet to France, where he remained until 1579

Philosophy
Up to and during Bacon's time there existed philosophies rooted not so much in reason but in pure faith. Bacon was "violently opposed to speculative philosophies and the syllogistic quibbling of the Schoolman.” Bacon argued that the only knowledge of importance to man was empirically rooted in the natural world. He distinguishes between duty to the community, an ethical matter, and duty to God, a purely religious matter. Any moral action is the action of the human will, which is governed by reason and spurred on by the passions; habit is what aids men in directing their will toward the good. No universal rules can be made, as both situations and men's characters differ.Bacon delineated the principles of the inductive thinking method, which, while as a method goes back to the times of Aristotle, constituted a breakthrough in the approach to science. It was just these kind of materialist theories that brought about the great discoveries of Copernicus and Galileo. That clear system of scientific inquiry would assure man's mastery over the world.[|But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on.] Francis Bacon. This quote is showing that he believes everything goes back to religion and that is the reason why we are here. He believes we are here to serve God and praise him.

New Discovery
The Novum Organum is a new philosophical discovery introduced by Francis Bacon. This was published in 1620. This Parallels Aristotle's work Aristotle's work on the Organon. In Novum Organum, Sir Francis Bacon shows us a new system of Thinking. He believes to be much smarter and more sophisticated then the old ways of syllogism. In the Novum Organum we see the development of the Baconian thoughts of procedures for isolating nature in its original form, Also it may cause some sort of phenomenon, including that shows the method of agreement. A method of agreement, created by Francis Bacon in the seventeenth century, that derives its conclusions from observed facts rather than from previous conclusions or theories. So it is not based on the past experiments but new information everytime.

His Influence On Us
In the last five years of his life, Bacon had written almost exclusively in Latin, and translated certain English writings into what was then the Universal Language. As a result, he was known and admired on the continent; thus were the seeds sown for a pan-European scientific movement. During his final years Bacon became a near legendary figure, admired by his peers for his writings and his life. He is known for being a great Scientist and a great person for all of his works and generosity.

Francis Bacon's //New Atlantis//
This is about Francis's idea of a place of where everything he thinks is true, some sort of a Utopia. This is his creation of an ideal land where his religious beliefs come true. This is a direct quote about it:[|"generosity and enlightenment, dignity and splendor, piety and public spirit" were the commonly held qualities]. In this work, he portrayed a v ision of the future and of mans coming discoveries.

Francis Bacon Timeline

 * 1561: January 22, born in London to [|Sir Nicolas Bacon] and Lady Anne Cooke
 * 1573: April, enters [|Trinity College, Cambridge], along with his brother Anthony
 * 1576: June, studies law at [|Gray's Inn]
 * 1582: Becomes a [|barrister] at Gray's Inn
 * 1584: Takes a seat in the House of Commons in [|Parliament]
 * 1597: Publishes [|//Essays//]
 * 1600-1601: Served as Queen Elizabeth’s learned counsel during [|trials of the Earl of Essex]
 * 1603: Is [|knighted] by King James I
 * 1605: Publishes [|//The Proficience and Advancement of Learning//]
 * 1607: Is granted the position of [|Solicitor General]
 * 1613: Obtains the office of [|Attorney General]
 * 1618: Is appointed [|lord chancellor] and [|Baron Verulam]
 * 1620: Publishes [|//Novum Organum//]
 * 1620/1621: Is created Viscount [|St. Albans]
 * 1621: Is found guilty of [|accepting gifts] while lord chancellor, and barred from public office
 * 1623: Publishes //De Dignitate et Augmentis Scientiarum//
 * 1626: April 9, dies of [|pneumonia]
 * 1627: [|//New Atlantis//] is published posthumously

Best of Francis Bacons Quotes

 * The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express.
 * The worst solitude is to have no real friendships.
 * Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.
 * Time is the measure of business.
 * Without friends the world is but a wilderness. There is no man that imparteth his joys to his friends, but he joyeth the more; and no man that imparteth his grieves to his friend, but he grieveth the less.
 * There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying.
 * Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other.
 * I would live to study, and not study to live.
 * Cure the disease and kill the patient.

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This Is a wanted poster for Francis Bacon and the reason why he is wanted is because his virtues in his time period were crazy and to radical for the people to believe. He was accused of heresy and going against his religious beliefs. This was a time before he was accepted among the people of his country. Some of the bad things that he did were accepting bribes other people when he was Chancelor and he was stripped from his viscount title.======

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It is in this work that Bacon sketched out the main themes and ideas that he continued to refine and develop throughout his career, beginning with the thought that there are clear obstacles to or diseases of learning that must be avoided or purged before further progress is possible. He is just saying that we have to press the limit of experiments that might be dangerous but will eventually do something great in the end!======

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3. Francis Bacon wanted the other scientist/ Philosophers to go with a new way of testing things. The way that he wanted to do experiments was to keep doing them and getting lots of results and that will in turn make the answer more accurate======

Note Book Activity
Create an acrosstick poem with Francis Bacon's name