Novum Organum
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They who have presumed to dogmatize on nature, as on some well investigated subject, either from self-conceit or arrogance, and in the professorial style, have inflicted the greatest injury on philosophy and learning. For they have tended to stifle and interrupt inquiry exactly in proportion as they have prevailed in bringing others to their opinion: and their own activity has not counterbalanced the mischief they ha…
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- AuthorFrancis Bacon
- SourceProject Gutenberg #45988
- Length91,357 words · 6h 05m of reading
- Chapters1
- DictionaryNot yet generated
- CopyrightPublic domain in the United States
- Source checked2026-08-28
Contents
1 chapters
Recovered from the original source text, so you can open the book at any of them.
- 01PREFACE
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