Francis Bacon:

For it is a sure rule, that a man were better to be a suitor to the devil, than to a man whose heart is not open.

— Francis Bacon Early Modern

Empiricism, scientific method

Context

Essays, Of Suitors

Date / Period

1625

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/5500/5500-h/5500-h.htm

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Explanation

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