“Argument is conclusive, but it does not remove doubt, so that the mind may rest in the sure knowledge of the truth, unless it finds it by the method of experiment.”

— Roger Bacon

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About Roger Bacon

Philosopher • English

Roger Bacon was an English philosopher, Franciscan friar, and scholar of the High Middle Ages. He placed considerable emphasis on the study of nature through empiricism and is sometimes credited as one of the earliest...

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