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Sacred Monster
- novosel 5y agoI highly recommend Michael Peppiatt's Francis Bacon: Anatomy of an Enigma for anyone interested in Bacon. A lot of a first-hand information on the man, the times.
- ampdepolymerase 5y agoI much prefer the father of the scientific method Bacon than this one.
- novosel 5y agoThey are not really playing in the same ring, nor indeed championing compatible world-views. That said, I am very fond of older Francis Bacon's book Sylva Sylvarum. It being deliciously on the edge between Natural Philosophy of old and new, emerging, experimental/scientific method.