The contemplation of things as they are, without superstition or imposture, without error or confusion, is in itself a nobler thing than a whole harvest of invention.
— Francis Bacon Early Modern

Empiricism, scientific method

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Novum Organum

Date / Period

1620

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Strange & Unusual

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https://www.gutenberg.org/files/45943/45943-h/45943-h.htm

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