Sacred Meditations

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  • Francis
  • Bacon,
  • 1st
  • Viscount
  • St.
  • Alban(s),
  • was
  • an
  • English
  • philosopher,
  • statesman,
  • scientist,
  • jurist
  • and
  • author.
  • He
  • served
  • both
  • as
  • Attorney
  • General
  • and
  • Lord
  • Chancellor
  • of
  • England.
  • He
  • was
  • extremely
  • influential
  • through
  • his
  • works,
  • especially
  • as
  • philosophical
  • advocate
  • and
  • practitioner
  • of
  • the
  • scientific
  • method
  • during
  • the
  • scientific
  • revolution.
  • 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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