Category Archives: Francis Bacon

“It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy…”

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“It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion. For while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no further; but when it beholdeth the chain of them, confederate and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity.”

– Francis Bacon

“Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that…”

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“Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.”

– Sir Francis Bacon