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Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon was a pivotal English philosopher and statesman of the Scientific Revolution, pioneering the inductive method and modern empiricism.

Frases de Francis Bacon

  • Knowledge is power.
    Filosófico
  • Man, as the minister and interpreter of nature, does and understands only as much as he has observed of the order of nature.
    Científico
  • Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed.
    Filosófico
  • Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.
    Crítica social
  • If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.
    Reflexão Epistemológica
  • Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.
    Reflexão Literária
  • Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.
    Educacional
  • He who will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
    Reflexão sobre Mudança
  • Discretion in speech is more than eloquence.
    Moral
  • Money is like muck, not good except it be spread.
    Social
  • A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.
    Teológico/Filosófico
  • Friendship doubles our joys and cuts our sorrows in half.
    Humanista
  • Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark.
    Reflexão Existencial
  • Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
    Pragmático
  • The truth is that mankind, if left to itself, has a natural inclination toward error.
    Filosófico
  • In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.
    Reflexão
  • The monuments of wit survive the monuments of power.
    Filosófico
  • Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.
    Educacional
  • Revenge is a kind of wild justice.
    Moral/Jurídico
  • Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.
    Filosófico
  • Great riches provide much anxiety, but very little happiness.
    Moral
  • Doubt is the key to knowledge.
    Científico
  • It is impossible to love and to be wise.
    Reflexão sobre Emoções
  • So that idols do not stand between the mind and the truth, the mirror of the mind must be cleared.
    Epistemológico
  • Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep.
    Educacional
  • Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.
    Reflexão Filosófica
  • Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.
    Observação Social
  • Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set.
    Aforismo Moral
  • Men prefer to believe what they prefer to be true.
    Análise Psicológica
  • Suspicions amongst thoughts are like bats amongst birds: they ever fly by twilight.
    Metáfora Filosófica

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