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The Advancement of Learning

A work by Francis Bacon, first published in 1605

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  • What korrents draws from it

    The ages most renowned for military power were also the most admired for learning, Governments in the hands of learned rulers have almost never been disastrous, Scholars came to chase fine phrasing more than substance, soundness and judgment …

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    Francis Bacon

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Key facts

First published
16052
Claims on korrents
201

What korrents draws from it

korrents’ reading of claims quoted word for word from the book; each opens the quote and where it sits.

  1. The ages most renowned for military power were also the most admired for learning (opens korrents.com)1

  2. Governments in the hands of learned rulers have almost never been disastrous (opens korrents.com)1

  3. Scholars came to chase fine phrasing more than substance, soundness and judgment (opens korrents.com)1

  4. The schoolmen would have been great lights had they joined wide reading to their zeal (opens korrents.com)1

  5. Deceit is the worst disease of learning, because knowledge is a representation of truth (opens korrents.com)1

  6. Treating authors as dictators rather than advisers has done the sciences infinite damage (opens korrents.com)1

Connections

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  • Francis Bacon

Sources

  1. The Advancement of Learning (1605) (korrents) (opens korrents.com)
  2. The Advancement of Learning, Q7712425 (Wikidata) (opens wikidata.org)

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