Francis Bacon
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I bequeath my soul to God (…). My body to be buried obscurely. For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and the next age.
— His will (1626)
Francis Bacon, 1. Viscount St. Albans, 1. Baron Verulam (genannt auch Bacon von Verulam; * 22. Januar 1561 in London; † 9. April 1626 in Highgate bei London), war ein englischer Philosoph, Jurist und Staatsmann, der als Wegbereiter des Empirismus gilt.
Belegte, datierte Zitate von Francis Bacon
I bequeath my soul to God (…). My body to be buried obscurely. For my name and memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations, and the next age.
Riches are a good handmaid, but the worst mistress.
Credulity in arts and opinions (…) is likewise of two kinds viz., when men give too much belief to arts themselves, or to certain authors in any art.
Lucid intervals and happy pauses.
Aristotle (…) a mere bond-servant to his logic, thereby rendering it contentious and well nigh useless.
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