Francis Bacon

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This paper explains that Sir Francis Bacon's life goals and his worldview were threefold and included the discovery of truth, the welfare of his country, and the reform of religion. The author points out that Bacon began and ended his career during a time of transition; the Church of England was under scrutiny for the degeneration of its officials and reformers, and the Puritans desired to abolish them completely. The paper relates that, in a sense, much of Bacon's work went unfinished because his thoughts were shortened by his searching for perfection and by his resistance to the concrete.

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"In Bacon's perceived perfect society of New Atlantis, all men were called to follow the rules of a supremely fair society and live within these confines to better repay the gratitude of others. It would seem that this could be contrary to his earlier designs, yet the truth is that the society, with supremely fair standards would be one to follow the rules in. The society, which the explorers happened upon, where of Christina morals, without the restrictive resistance to change that, can be found in the religions of Bacon's day and the present. They are open to change and revel in the past creations of technology."

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