Author: Sir Francis Bacon
Author Bio: Francis Bacon was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, and author. He served both as Attorney General and as Lord Chancellor of England. He is most noted for his scientific work during the enlightenment.
Date/Context: 1605 The first of Bacon’s writings on the nature of science and the scientific method. He also had a view of the unity of knowledge, both scientific and non-scientific.
Summary: Bacon discusses some of the basic fears that people have when confronted by contemporary scientific thought and attempts to dispel them by saying science exists to study God in nature. We see in this passage a prime example of the argument that scientists are trying to prove God's existence in the world y studying the world. Bacon also says that science is and must be the guard against superstition and that by doing so it is a guard against heresies.
Quotes: "Natural philosophy is ... the most approved nourishment for faith ..."
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