Le due culture Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

At 15 moves to Gra’s Inn London; Le due culture LIFE ON THE FAST TRACK: At 12 goes to Cambridge; At 15 moves to Gra’s Inn London; At 16 assistant of the English ambassador in Paris; At 20 wins a seat in Parliament where he will remain for 37 years At 59 Lord Chancellor

BACON AS A SON OF THE HUMANISTIC INTELLIGHENZIA Le due culture BACON AS A SON OF THE HUMANISTIC INTELLIGHENZIA BACON AS A SELF-MADE MAN

2 OBJECTION TO ARISTOTLE: Le due culture 2 OBJECTION TO ARISTOTLE: the predominance of logic over data; the ambiguous status of these data which rely on our senses (Democritus legitimate and bastard knowledge) the tabula rasa.

scholars “hunt more after words than matter”; Le due culture CRITIQUE OF LANGUAGE: scholars “hunt more after words than matter”; Tabula rasa not as a natural starting point

Idols of the Marketplace Idols of the Theater Le due culture THE FOUR IDOLS: Idols of the Tribe Idols of the Cave Idols of the Marketplace Idols of the Theater

SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AS A PYRAMIDS: laws of nature observations Le due culture SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE AS A PYRAMIDS: laws of nature observations

Le due culture THE AIM OF KNOWLEDGE: “a discovery of all operations and possibilities of operations from immortality (if it were possible) to the meanest mechanical practice”.

Le due culture BACON AS THE FOREFATHER OF THE SCIENTIFIC AND THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN BRITAIN