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In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first. This in no sense, however, implies that great men are not needed. On the contrary, the first object of any good system must be that of developing first-class men
Roger Bacon
Born: 1220
Died: 1294 (aged 74)
Bio: Roger Bacon, OFM, also known by the scholastic accolade Doctor Mirabilis, was an English philosopher and Franciscan friar who placed considerable emphasis on the study of nature through empirical methods.
Known for:
- Opus Majus (1267)
- On Signs (Opus Maius, Part 3, Chapter 2)
- Roger Bacon's philosophy of nature
- Root of the World and the Magical Letter
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