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Bacon's Novum organum / edited with introduction, notes, etc, by Thomas Fowler.

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TitleBacon's Novum organum / edited with introduction, notes, etc, by Thomas Fowler.ContributorBacon, Francis, 1561-1626Fowler, Thomas, 1832-1904PublisherOxford : Clarendon PressDescription[...] The object of the Novum Organum, and of Bacon's philosophy in general, is, statd summarily, to enlarge the dominion of man, 'Regnum Hominis' ad he phrases it, by increasing his knowledge of Nature and his power over her operations. This end can only be accomplished, he conceives, by freeing the mind from its false prejudices, especially its habit of blind submission to authority, and thus bringing it face to face with the facts of Nature. But these facts are themselves of little use, unless sifted, compared, and employed as stepping-stones to generalisations form which facts can be legitimately deduced. [...] LanguageEnglish

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Bacon's Novum organum / edited with introduction, notes, etc, by Thomas Fowler.