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.”
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