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...7th century]. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Francis_Bacon Sir Francis Bacon] in 1592 wrote in a letter that his “vast contemplative ends” expressed

...[[Inductive reasoning|inductive]] methodology. The works of Sir [[Francis Bacon]] popularized this approach, thereby helping to forge the [[scientific revo

A broad overview would then have [[Erasmus]], [[Francis Bacon]], [[Niccolò Machiavelli]], and [[Galileo Galilei]] represent the rise of ...this time period were [[David Hume]] and [[Adam Smith]], who, along with [[Francis Hutcheson]], were also the primary philosophers of the [[Scottish Enlighten

...itings of the [[British Empiricists]], including [[John Locke]], [[Francis Bacon]], and [[Isaac Newton]] (Jefferson called them the "three greatest men the ...Wren Chapel. Jefferson often attended the lavish parties of royal governor Francis Fauquier where he played his violin and developed an early love for wines.[

...istry]]''. Similarly, the influences of philosophers such as [[Sir Francis Bacon]] (1561-1626) and [[René Descartes]] (1596-1650), who demanded more rigor

...power. Political power is intimately related to information. Sir Francis Bacon's statement: "Nam et ipsa [[scientia potentia est]]" for knowledge itself i

...at time as the "King's Evil" because it was thought royalty could cure it. Sir John Floyer, former physician to Charles II, recommended that the young Joh ...lly found employment as undermaster at a school in Market Bosworth, run by Sir Wolstan Dixie who allowed Johnson to teach without a degree. Although Johns

...s a sign of some private [It. interna] infirmity. 1754 S. RICHARDSON Hist. Sir Charles Grandison (1781) VI. xliv. 282 No hugger mugger doings! Let private ...e abbey, very pleasantly situate in a private valley. 1746 W. DUNKIN in P. Francis tr. Horace Sat. I. ix. 145 In private haunt, in public meet, Salute, escort