This is much more than the haphazard investigations that characterised “natural philosophy” in Bacon’s time: this is recognisable science. Quite early on in his career, Francis Bacon ...

Francis Bacon was a devout Anglican remembered for ... Bacon divided knowledge into philosophy, or natural knowledge, and divinity, or inspired revelation. Though he insisted that philosophy ...

There's the food. There's the creepy painter. And then there's Francis Bacon, the English philosopher and statesman who boldly proclaimed, "I have taken all knowledge to be my province." ...

Opinion: 17th century philosopher Francis Bacon is playing a role in the urgent contest over the heart and soul of climate action One of the other issues that the Citizens’ Assembly discussed ...

In his 1981 book, Francis Bacon: Logique de la sensation, French philosopher Gilles Deleuze attempted to get under Bacon’s skin, writing that the artist “…pursues a very peculiar project as ...

Knowledge is power is one of the most proverbial of proverbs. It’s succinct enough to fit on a bumper sticker and clear enough that everyone can grok it. But what did it originally mean ...

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© Estate of Francis Bacon. All rights reserved, DACS/Artimage 2024 The National Portrait Gallery’s (NPG) first Francis Bacon exhibition is an overdue ...