Francis Bacon Quotes About Humanity
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I would like, in my arbitrary way, to bring one nearer to the actual human being.
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In Philosophy, the contemplations of man do either penetrate unto God, or are circumferred to Nature, or are reflected and reverted upon himself. Out of which several inquiries there do arise three knowledges, Divine Philosophy, Natural Philosophy, and Human Philosophy or Humanity. For all things are marked and stamped with this triple character of the power of God, the difference of Nature and the use of Man.
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... wife and children are a kind of discipline of humanity.
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Our humanity is a poor thing, except for the divinity that stirs within us.
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Francis Bacon
- Born: January 22, 1561
- Died: April 9, 1626
- Occupation: Former Lord Chancellor
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