Francis Bacon

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Introduction
Life
- Youth and early maturity
  - Early legal career and political ambitions
  - Relationship with Essex
- Career in the service of James I
- Fall from power
Thought and writings
- The intellectual background
- Bacon’s scheme
- The idols of the mind
- The classification of the sciences
- The new method
- Human philosophy
- Legacy and influence

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Also Known As	Francis Bacon, Viscount Saint Alban • Sir Francis Bacon • Francis Bacon, Viscount Saint Albans
Born	January 22, 1561 • London • England
Died	April 9, 1626 (aged 65) • London • England
Title / Office	lord chancellor (1618-1621), England • parliament (1584), England
Notable Works	“Advancement of Learning” • “Commentarius Solutus” • “De Sapientia Veterum” • “Instauratio Magna” • “Novum Organum” • “The New Atlantis”
Movement / Style	Jacobean age
Notable Family Members	father Sir Nicholas Bacon
Subjects Of Study	Baconian method
Role In	Enlightenment

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