There is in human nature generally, more of the fool than of the wise; and therefore those faculties, by which the foolish part of men's minds is taken, are most potent.
— Francis Bacon Early Modern

Empiricism, scientific method

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Essays, 'Of Wisdom for a Man's Self'

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1625

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Controversial

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