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2 author names match this search. Names and uncertain attributions are preserved as recorded.

Painted portraitPaul van Somer I; formerly attributed to Frans Pourbus the Younger · Public domain

Francis Bacon

English philosopher, lawyer and essayist who joined questions about knowledge to practical conduct. His concise essays invite a slower reading of the argument around each memorable sentence.

1561 AD – 1626 AD · 380 collected ↗

SFSir Francis Bacon

Sir Francis Bacon

Dates not recorded · 15 collected ↗