Bacon i an Philosophy

the inductive eg ae which it is sometimes said that rd Bacon was the. founder. This, however, is an exagrerated statement. What Lord Bacon did for this mode of ratiocination was. to elucidate and systematize it; to point out its great value, and to bring it prominently before men’s notice; lending it the support of his great name at a time when most of his contemporaries were satisfied with the barren logic of the schools. The great triumphs of modern science have arisen from a resolute adherence on the part of its votaries to the Bacon i an method of inquiry. Bacon’s Rebellion, a popular uprising of the Virgin i an colonists, headed by Nathaniel Bacon, in protest against certain government abuses, Which prevailed under the administration of Sir William Berkeley. Bacon compelled Berkeley to take refuge on a warship, and burned all the public buildings at James town. He died at the most critical moment, and the rebellion came to an end.