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Baconian   Listen
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Baconian  n.  
1.
One who adheres to the philosophy of Lord Bacon.
2.
One who maintains that Lord Bacon is the author of the works commonly attributed to Shakespeare.
Baconian method, the inductive method. See Induction.





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"Baconian" Quotes from Famous Books



... to founder in the fiercest storm. All classes were hurried along by the prevailing sentiment. Cavalier and Roundhead, Churchman and Puritan were for once allied. Divines, jurists, statesmen, nobles, princes, swelled the triumph of the Baconian philosophy." The seeds sown by Bacon had at last begun to ripen, and full credit was given to him by those who founded and acclaimed the Royal Society. The ode which Cowley addressed to that institution might have been entitled an ode in honour of Bacon, or still better—for ...
— The Idea of Progress - An Inquiry Into Its Origin And Growth • J. B. Bury
... knows that Shakespeare wrote Shakespeare's Works; the Baconian knows that Francis Bacon wrote them; the Brontosaurian doesn't really know which of them did it, but is quite composedly and contentedly sure that Shakespeare DIDN'T, and strongly suspects that Bacon DID. We all have to do a good deal of ...
— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain
... This bit of Baconian philosophy, as alike applicable to women, was the subject, not long since, of a conversation with a remarkably gifted Englishwoman. She was absorbed in many public interests and had conscientiously resolved ...
— Eighty Years And More; Reminiscences 1815-1897 • Elizabeth Cady Stanton


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