Bacon, Francis
1561-1626 65 years
1561-1626 65 years
English philosopher, scientist, statesman, etc.
| In only three hundred years science has touched great heights. And the reason? The reason is simple. The reason is that Bacon introduced the experiment into the world of science. In just three hundred years so much has happened – it did not happen in three thousand years or even in thirty thousand years. It is because of one man, Bacon. He changed the whole course of science and the whole course of human consciousness just by creating a new door of experimentation. He said, “Speculation is not going to help. People have speculated down the ages and nothing has happened. They go on quarreling about theories and those theories don’t mean a thing.” He introduced the experiment... --Osho Sufis: The People of the Path, Vol. 1, ch. 15 |
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