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Francis Bacon Flashcards

1
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Bacon
Birth
University

A

22 jan 1561
Cambridge University

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2
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Bacons an essayist is most famous for ___

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The philosophy of science

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3
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Bacon wrote essays on models of ___.

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Montaigne ( father of essays )

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4
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Bacon wrote __ collection of essays.
Define all

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3
1597 – 10 essays
1612 – 38 essays
1625 – 58 essays

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5
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Backon lord chancellor period

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1618-1621

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6
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Bacon essay style __
His essays were ___

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Aphoristic style
Objective/ impersonal

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7
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Bacon father of ___ and ___

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English essays and empiricism

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8
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Bacon named by queen elizabeth

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Young lord keeper

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