یازده ایده برای حقیقت جویی که از فرانسیس بیکن می توان آموخت

” …I found in my own nature special adaptation for the contemplation of truth.

For I had a mind at once versatile enough for that most important object, I mean [1]the recognition of similitudes and at the same time sufficiently steady and concentrated [2]for the observation of subtle shades of difference.

[3]I possessed the passion for research,

[4]a power of suspending judgement with patience,

[5]of meditating with pleasure,

[6]of assenting with caution,

[7]of correcting false impressions with readiness,

[8]and of arranging my thoughts with scrupulous pains.

[9]I had no hankering after novelty,

[10]no blind admiration for antiquity.

[11]Imposture in any shape I utterly detested.

For all these reasons I considered that my nature and disposition had as it were, a kind of kinship and connection with truth.”

Franics Bacon

برای استاد شدن در حقیقت جویی هم دو راه بیشتر وجود ندارد. تمرین کردن یازده ایده فرانسیس بیکن یکی از آنها می تواند باشد. راه دیگر قسم خوردن است.