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 He was a contemporary of William Shakespeare, and there is speculation about whether they may have collaborated or influenced each other's work.[([[https://www.quora.com/Is-Francis-Bacon-William-Shakespeare|quora]])] He was a contemporary of William Shakespeare, and there is speculation about whether they may have collaborated or influenced each other's work.[([[https://www.quora.com/Is-Francis-Bacon-William-Shakespeare|quora]])]
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 +===== Essays =====
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 +Bacon's essays, first published in 1597, cover a wide range of topics, including friendship, love, marriage, and morality.[([[https://pressbooks.pub/earlybritishlit/chapter/francis-bacon-essays/|pressbooks]])]
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 +===== Alchemy =====
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 +Bacon was interested in alchemy and believed in the possibility of transmuting base metals into gold.[([[https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9780271078038-006/html|degruyter]])]
 +
 +===== New Atlantis =====
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 +He wrote a utopian novel titled "New Atlantis," which describes a fictional society based on scientific principles.[([[https://publisherspanel.com/api/files/view/12810.pdf|Britannica]])]
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 +===== Unification Of Knowledge =====
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 +Bacon was an advocate for the unification of knowledge and the cooperation of scholars from different disciplines.[([[https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/francis-bacon/|stanford]])]
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 +===== Establishment Of Scientific Institutions =====
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 +He proposed the establishment of scientific institutions, including a "Great Instauration" of the sciences.[([[https://iep.utm.edu/francis-bacon/|iep]])]
 +
 +===== Impactful =====
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 +Bacon's philosophical writings had a significant impact on the Enlightenment thinkers of the 18th century.[([[https://www.quora.com/What-were-Sir-Francis-Bacons-and-Rene-Descartes-influence-on-enlightenment-and-enlightenment-thinkers|quora]])]
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 +===== Fluent In Many Languages =====
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 +He was fluent in several languages, including Latin, French, and Italian.[([[https://books.openedition.org/enseditions/2581|openedition]])]
 +
 +===== Marked With Tragedy =====
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 +Bacon's personal life was marked by tragedy, including the deaths of his mother, father, and brother.[([[https://www.biography.com/scholars-educators/francis-bacon|biography]])]
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 +===== No Family =====
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 +He never married and had no children of his own.[([[https://www.quora.com/Do-you-agree-with-Francis-Bacon-that-to-maximize-your-life-either-being-prodigious-or-living-in-mystery-it-is-best-to-stay-unmarried-and-no-child|quora]])]
  
  
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