Francis Bacon

Argued for a new, experimental approach to knowledge in the Novum Organum, popularized the English essay, and laid the philosophical foundations of the Scientific Revolution while serving at the height of English government.

Major Works

• Novum Organum
• The Essays
• The New Atlantis

Impact Analysis

Bacon gave the Scientific Revolution its philosophy, insisting that real knowledge comes from systematic observation and experiment rather than inherited authority.

Historical influence score: 82/100

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