In his essay ‘Of Truth’, Francis Bacon appreciates truth and wishes people to speak it. He begins the essay with a Biblical Allusion in which Pontius Pilate (who occupied an important position in Emperor Tiberius’ court) asks Jesus “what is truth” and then promptly walks...
Francis Bacon, a prominent figure in the late 16th and early 17th centuries, is hailed as the pioneer of English empiricism. Born into a noble English family and raised amidst the religious conflicts of France, Bacon embarked on a political career in England, leaving behind...
Francis Bacon, the polymath born in 1561 in London, is celebrated for his multifaceted contributions as an essayist, scientist, lawyer, statesman, philosopher, and writer. He earned the revered title of the “father of English essays” for being the pioneer in crafting essays in English during...
Every day we encounter bodies of text. Whether it be in articles in the daily newspaper or updated blogs from our favorite person on the internet we are surrounded by words and sentences. With each body of text we grow and broaden our capacity of...
It was 1627 when Sir Francis Bacon published his utopic treatise New Atlantis and Europe was polluted by religious tension, much of which revolving around the recent surge of science but some having existed since long before. Of course, one could enumerate these conflicts, citing...
