They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.

Francis Bacon

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Topic

Discovery Imagination

Author

Francis Bacon

Source

The Advancement of Learning

Genre

Philosophical literature

Language

English

Time

1605 1600s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Occupation

Philosopher Politician Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

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Original Citation

Bacon, Francis. The Advancement of Learning. London: Oxford: Rob Youn and Ed Forrest, 1605, bk. 2, ch. 7, sect. 5.

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Bacon, Francis. "The Advancement of Learning." Francis Bacon: The Major Works, edited by Brian Vickers. Oxford University Press, 2008, bk. 2, ch. 2, sect. 5.

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Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other.

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Of Death Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral
Medium
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Language
English
Time
1625 1620s 17th century
Era
European Renaissance
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Original Citation

Bacon, Francis. "Of Death." Essayes or Counsels, Civill and Morall. London: John Haviland, 1625.

Current Citation

Bacon, Francis. "Essays, or Counsels, Civil and Moral (1625): Of Death." Francis Bacon: The Major Works, edited by Brian Vickers. Oxford University Press, 2008.

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We know what we are but know not what we may be.

William Shakespeare

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Self-knowledge Human potential
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Ophelia

Author

William Shakespeare
Source
Hamlet
Medium
Play
Genre
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Language
English
Time
1616 1610s 17th century
Era
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Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 4, sc. 5.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "Hamlet." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 4, sc. 5.