Francis Bacon (January 22, 1561 - April 9, 1626) on Class Warfare and Human Happiness(published by RevoltSource) |
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English Philosopher, Statesman Who Served As Attorney General, Lord Chancellor Of England, Essayist, AKA: Lord Verulam
: An English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England. Bacon led the advancement of both natural philosophy and the scientific method and his works remained influential even in the late stages of the Scientific Revolution. (From: Wikipedia.org.)
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“It [envy] is also the vilest affection, and the most depraved; for which cause it is the proper attribute of the devil, who is called, the envious man, that soweth tares among the wheat by night; as it always cometh to pass, that envy worketh subtly, and in the dark, and to the prejudice of good things, such as is the wheat.”
Source: "The Essays: Religious Meditations, Places of Perswasion and Disswasion, Seene and Allowed," by Francis Bacon, 1597. Essay: Of Envy.
"The Essays: Religious Meditations, Places of Perswasion and Disswasion, Seene and Allowed," by Francis Bacon, 1597.
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