For the thereof, I cannot but say, that I found myself in a condition, which in truth I am not able to express, but by a kind of similitude. I was a man of a broken fortune, and of a broken health, and of a broken mind.
— Francis Bacon Early Modern

Empiricism, scientific method

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Apothegms, 126 (referring to his impeachment)

Date / Period

1624 (published)

Category

Shocking

Source

https://archive.org/details/apothegmsnewand00baco/page/n11/mode/2up

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