| 单词 | Roger Bacon |
| 例句 | But that it was our countryman Roger Bacon who first discovered the verticity of it, or its property of pointing towards the pole, and this about 400 years since. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z These scenes resemble drawings in the alchemical tradition, which gave rise to a now debunked theory that the thirteenth-century natural philosopher Roger Bacon wrote the book. The Unsolvable Mysteries of the Voynich Manuscript 2016-11-30T05:00:00Z Mary lost in the state championship game in his junior year to Roger Bacon High, it wasn’t widely treated as the end of the world, Travis remembered. 'He made his own clone.' LeBron James' high school teammates offer thoughts on Bronny 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z According to court documents, Peltier reached out to Baker Mitchell, founder of the Roger Bacon Academy, which runs the Charter Day School. A judge ruled that a charter school’s ban on girls wearing pants was unconstitutional. The school is pushing back 2021-12-12T05:00:00Z Newbold surmised that 13th-century English scientist Roger Bacon had written the manuscript with the aid of a microscope and a telescope, centuries before the invention of either instrument. Perspective | Why do people keep convincing themselves they’ve solved this medieval mystery? 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z The Greater Catholic League Coed Division and Roger Bacon High School sued to challenge a new formula that reclassifies teams for state tournaments beyond enrollment numbers. Court says Catholic school can challenge competition rules 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z In the late 16th century, a German emperor purchased the manuscript from an English astrologer for 600 Venetian ducats, thinking it was a work of medieval friar Roger Bacon. Did Codebreakers Crack This Mysterious Medieval Manuscript? 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z Roger Bacon, a 13th-century friar who is often considered the first western scientist, tried to develop an elixir of life that would mimic the effects of the resurrection as described in Paul’s epistles. God in the machine: my strange journey into transhumanism 2017-04-18T04:00:00Z James Johnson and Justin Johnson were two of Roger Bacon’s best players all tournament, leading the Spartans to their second runner-up finish. Villa Angela St. Joseph guard leads all-tournament team 2017-03-25T04:00:00Z In addition to Roger Bacon, the manuscript has been credited to Leonardo da Vinci or attributed to 16th-century Mesoamerica. Perspective | Why do people keep convincing themselves they’ve solved this medieval mystery? 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z A three-judge court panel decided unanimously to dismiss the lawsuit by Roger Bacon Academy Inc. and the company’s owner, charter-school entrepreneur Baker Mitchell Jr. NC court: Charter school firm can’t sue criticizing official 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z Some suggest the book contains early discoveries and inventions by Roger Bacon. Did Codebreakers Crack This Mysterious Medieval Manuscript? 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z The campaign was led by Reg Keys and Roger Bacon, who lost sons in Iraq. Iraq War legal action funding reaches £150,000 target - BBC News 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z Roger Bacon, whose son also died in 2005, said the report should be used “to ensure that all aspects of the Iraq war fiasco are never repeated again.” Scathing report on Blair’s Iraq War role prompts contrition, defiance and a reckoning 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z Roger Bacon, whose son Matthew was killed in Iraq, said the families may attempt to call those responsible for failings to court. Iraq inquiry: Families say 'war was a fiasco' - BBC News 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z Earlier, Roger Bacon, whose son was killed in Iraq, told the Telegraph it was "ridiculous and very unfair". Chilcot inquiry: Families will get free copy of £767 report - BBC News 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z Baskerville uses the logic of Aristotle, theology of Aquinas, and the insights of Roger Bacon to decipher secret symbols and manuscripts. 25 Books That Will Blow Your Mind, According to Amazon 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z It stated that the manuscript had once belonged to Rudolf - and was probably the work of Elizabethan alchemist Roger Bacon. The riddle of the Voynich Manuscript 2014-04-07T01:39:53Z The late thirteenth-century philosopher Roger Bacon called him “the greatest mathematician” of his time. History: A medieval multiverse 2014-03-12T18:50:34.997Z Roger Bacon High School, one of the Franciscans’ proudest institutions, now has just a handful of friars on its faculty. On Religion: Finding God, in a Storefront at the Mall 2013-12-14T03:30:27Z Around the 13th century, philosopher Roger Bacon wrote The Cure of Old Age and Preservation of Youth and argued that aging is essentially something that can be fixed. Google Calico and a Brief History of the Immortality Business 2013-09-18T17:55:12Z Roger Bacon, having been a monk, is frequently spoken of as a creature of Catholic teaching. History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) 2012-04-27T02:00:34.267Z Voynich himself referred to it as "The Roger Bacon Cipher Manuscript". The riddle of the Voynich Manuscript 2014-04-07T01:39:53Z But, in the middle of the thirteenth century, one notable exception occurred in the person of Roger Bacon, sometimes called Friar Bacon in virtue of his belonging to the order of Franciscans. Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement 2012-04-26T02:00:14.960Z But even men like Roger Bacon, who deplored the inaccuracy of texts, had worked out no general method to apply in their restoration. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z Nearly all of the greatest men of the thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries—as Roger Bacon, Thomas Aquinas, Dun Scotus, and Albertus Magnus—were members of one of the mendicant orders. A Source Book of Medi?val History Documents Illustrative of European Life and Institutions from the German Invasions to the Renaissance 2012-03-23T02:00:40.930Z Roger Bacon was the first of the natural philosophers of the West, and the only eminent forerunner of Harvey and the other pioneers of natural science in the seventeenth century. Science and Medieval Thought The Harveian Oration Delivered Before the Royal College of Physicians, October 18, 1900 2012-02-22T03:00:23.620Z Two of my favorites on his list are Roger Bacon and Robert Grosseteste. Rick Santorum and the 13th Century 2012-02-13T17:03:49Z Roger Bacon’s abiding title to fame rests, however, on his insistence on the necessity of experiment, and his enforcement of this precept by practice. Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement 2012-04-26T02:00:14.960Z An appeal is also made to Roger Bacon. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z It is said that, in the thirteenth century, Roger Bacon, a Franciscan monk, invented gunpowder, but this invention was without a fellow. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 4 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Lectures 2012-02-11T03:03:46.253Z Roger Bacon had dwelt upon experiment, but scarcely upon methodical verification thereby. Science and Medieval Thought The Harveian Oration Delivered Before the Royal College of Physicians, October 18, 1900 2012-02-22T03:00:23.620Z The doctor then dismissed his guests, who went away with a conviction that he was as potent a necromancer as Roger Bacon or Cornelius Agrippa. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z Roger Bacon’s denial of magic only aggravated his crime, since in ecclesiastical ears, this was tantamount to a denial of the activity, nay more, of the very existence of Satan. Pioneers of Evolution from Thales to Huxley With an Intermediate Chapter on the Causes of Arrest of the Movement 2012-04-26T02:00:14.960Z Roger Bacon recognized by a sort of scientific intuition of his own, certain passages which have proved to be the best in recent times. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z Such was the tale that benighted ignorance cast round the memory of this single-minded and enlightened man, much in the same spirit as it bedevilled the recollections of our own Michael Scot and Roger Bacon. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z Michael Scot translated Averroes from Arabian to Latin; also the De cælo and De anima of Aristotle, which reached Roger Bacon about 1230. Science and Medieval Thought The Harveian Oration Delivered Before the Royal College of Physicians, October 18, 1900 2012-02-22T03:00:23.620Z It was customary in those days to ascribe all kinds of marvels to men who obtained a repute for exceptional learning, and Bishop Grosseteste’s Brazen Head was as purely a fiction as Roger Bacon’s. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z In this Leibniz repeated an argument used by the ancient Arabs, Roger Bacon, and William of Occam. The philosophy of B*rtr*nd R*ss*ll 2011-12-30T03:00:24.883Z Rubruk, as quoted by Roger Bacon, states very explicitly that it nowhere touches the ocean but is surrounded on all sides by land. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z Berthold Schwartz was generally considered to be the inventor of gunpowder, and only in England has Roger Bacon’s claim been upheld, though there are English writers who have pleaded in favour of Schwartz. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z Roger Bacon was plainly a competent Greek scholar. Science and Medieval Thought The Harveian Oration Delivered Before the Royal College of Physicians, October 18, 1900 2012-02-22T03:00:23.620Z These truths, now accepted as trite and self-evident, ranked, in Roger Bacon’s day, as novel and important discoveries. Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland 2012-02-06T03:00:14.350Z She can no longer cast a Roger Bacon into a noisome dungeon because of his scientific investigations. Ingersoll in Canada A Reply to Wendling, Archbishop Lynch, Bystander; and Others 2011-12-16T03:00:10.740Z For those who do not think that the foundations of scientific geography were laid until recent times, a little consultation of Roger Bacon's Opus Majus would undoubtedly be a revelation. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z Roger Bacon had not only refined and obtained pure nitre, but had appreciated the importance of thoroughly mixing the components of the powder. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z The opinion of his own age, as expressed by Matthew Paris and Roger Bacon, was very different. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z Roger Bacon and Galileo were imprisoned and tortured for teaching true science instead of the false science of the Church. The Book Of God In The Light Of The Higher Criticism 2011-11-24T03:00:46.897Z Roger Bacon wrote on the spheres, the use of the astrolabe, and astrology, following Ptolemy in his general ideas about the universe. Astronomical Lore in Chaucer 2011-10-13T02:00:42.860Z Roger Bacon even suggested the possibility of airships, described how one might be made, the wings of which would be worked by a windlass, and thought that he could make it. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z Gunpowder was first introduced into England by Roger Bacon, a British scientist, who was born early in the thirteenth century. Great Inventions and Discoveries 2011-10-01T02:00:30.900Z It is certainly true that he anticipated, in these fields of thought, some of the most striking ideas to which Roger Bacon subsequently gave a wider currency. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z He could not refuse his admiration to what he here saw of the famous discoveries of Roger Bacon, and observed the whole exhibition with attention. King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 2 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. 2011-07-07T02:00:26.270Z Roger Bacon, the great Christian scientist, accepted the Arabian theories but supplemented them by a study of the classics. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z Brewer, in the Preface to Roger Bacon's works, quotes some of Bacon's expressions with regard to the value of mathematics. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z Further insight into the conditions of medieval education can be obtained from a study of some of the writings of Roger Bacon. Education in England in the Middle Ages Thesis Approved for the Degree of Doctor of Science in the University of London 2011-06-30T02:00:33.287Z Grosseteste’s learning is highly praised by Roger Bacon, who was a severe critic. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z Roger Bacon indicated the terrible ingredients a hundred years before the monk Schwartz, about 1330, actually struck out the fiery explosion, and had the glory of its invention. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z It is mentioned and censured by Roger Bacon, but the Poetics in any form was probably unknown to Dante, to Boccaccio, and beyond a single obscure reference, to Petrarch. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance With special reference to the influence of Italy in the formation and development of modern classicism 2011-05-30T02:00:13.147Z This opinion will fortify the doubters who must have authority and at the same time sums up very excellently the position which Roger Bacon occupies in the History of Science. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z Roger Bacon, in the 13th century, wrote a treatise on this subject and sent it to the Pope, setting forth the errors of the Julian calendar. Our Calendar 2011-05-25T02:00:17.450Z Serious disturbance was apprehended, and the king appeared to waver; on which, says the historian, a witty court chaplain, called Roger Bacon, asked his Majesty what was most dangerous to seamen. Cabinet Portrait Gallery of British Worthies Volume I 2011-03-12T03:00:27.327Z Roger Bacon’s writings were like a flash of light in a profound darkness. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z Roger Bacon, in his severe criticism on the ignorance of Greek displayed by the most eminent scholastic writers, expressly exempts Erigena, and ascribes to him a knowledge of Aristotle in the original. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z The efforts of Roger Bacon and of Alfred the Great to reform scientific method had failed; the sciences were not cultivated. The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z It is most noteworthy that they were joined by thinkers such as Grosseteste, Adam Marsh, Roger Bacon, Duns Scotus and William of Ockham. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z As might be supposed, Roger Bacon cultivated the acquaintance of men who held sentiments similar to the above, which could not please his brethren. Cabinet Portrait Gallery of British Worthies Volume I 2011-03-12T03:00:27.327Z “Experiment, experiment,” that is the burthen of Roger Bacon. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z Francis Bacon, of course, had been long anticipated in all that concerns the inductive method in science by his much greater namesake Roger Bacon. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z Roger Bacon himself was a student of the University of Paris. Education: How Old The New 2011-01-14T03:00:54.370Z He was, nevertheless, no adherent of the scholastic philosophy, and appears to have been conversant with the works of Roger Bacon. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" 2010-12-26T03:00:17.840Z It only remains for us to take a general view of the character of Roger Bacon's writings, and of the contents of the 'Opus Majus.' Cabinet Portrait Gallery of British Worthies Volume I 2011-03-12T03:00:27.327Z Yet of Aristotle himself Roger Bacon fell foul. A Short History of the World 2011-03-04T03:01:03.147Z This version gradually became accepted as the standard text, and after a time was called the “Vulgata,” the first to use this name as a title being, it is said, Roger Bacon. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z Above all, those who talk thus are entirely ignorant of all that Roger Bacon did. Education: How Old The New 2011-01-14T03:00:54.370Z He is called Doctor Universalis, for he was one of the most proficient scholars of his day, second only to Roger Bacon in his knowledge of nature. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide Grostête, Roger Bacon, and Michael Scott, all pursued the exact route ascribed to Chaucer. Cabinet Portrait Gallery of British Worthies Volume I 2011-03-12T03:00:27.327Z Albertus Magnus's other great scientific pupil, Roger Bacon, the English Franciscan friar, followed more closely in the physical scientific ways of his great master. Catholic Churchmen in Science In the days of Roger Bacon he had become an authority. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" Roger Bacon's devotion to mathematics shows how thoroughly scientific was the trend of his mind. Education: How Old The New 2011-01-14T03:00:54.370Z Roger Bacon defined the limits of chemistry very accurately and showed that he understood exactly what the subject and methods of investigation must be, in order that advance should be made in it. The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time Roger Bacon speaks of Euclid's fifth proposition as "elefuga," and it also gets the name of "pons asinorum" from its point of transition to higher learning. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude Both Albertus Magnus and Roger Bacon derided the myth, but in general it seems to have been accepted with unquestioning faith. The Old English Herbals Scot had sojourned at Toledo about 1217, and had accomplished the versions of several astronomical and physical treatises, mainly, if we believe Roger Bacon, by the labours of a Jew named Andrew. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" It was by his orders that Roger Bacon was interdicted from lecturing at Oxford, and compelled to put himself under the surveillance of the order at Paris. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" While Thomas Aquinas and Albertus Magnus were working in France and Germany, Roger Bacon was doing work of similar nature at Oxford in England. The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time The resemblance between Roger Bacon and his greater namesake is very remarkable. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 The ghosts of Roger Bacon and Emanuel Swedenborg were summoned from the Stygian shore to plead their causes anew before the bar of public opinion. Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. Tradition gives Roger Bacon, in 1250, the credit for being the originator of the diving bell, but actual records are lost in antiquity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" In philosophy Bonaventura presents a marked contrast to his great contemporaries, Thomas Aquinas and Roger Bacon. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" We have already quoted Roger Bacon's request to the Pope to forbid the study of the Stagirite. The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time It is said that Roger Bacon understood Greek; and that his eminent contemporary, Robert Grostete, bishop of Lincoln, had a sufficient intimacy with it to translate a part of Suidas. View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 Such was the spirit of a man who lived in the days of St. Francis and St. Louis, Stephen Langton and Roger Bacon. Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Wells A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See A casual remark of Roger Bacon's in the course of his advocacy of Experimental Science in the Opus Majus draws a clear line between the two branches of Logic. Logic, Inductive and Deductive As the benefactor and protector of Roger Bacon he has a special title to the gratitude of posterity. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 4 "Cincinnatus" to "Cleruchy" These three men, Albertus Magnus, Thomas Aquinas, and Roger Bacon, were all closely associated with ecclesiastical authorities, and indeed all three of them had intimate personal relations with the Popes of their time. The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time The person who is entitled to the honor of the discovery of the main principle of aeronautics—atmospheric buoyancy—is Roger Bacon, an English monk of the thirteenth century. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 Though Roger Bacon, to use his own words, died "unheard, forgotten, buried," our recent historians place his name first in the great roll of modern science. The Story of Extinct Civilizations of the West Roger Bacon's observations indicated that the production of rainbow colours was connected with the passage of light through a transparent globe or prism. Logic, Inductive and Deductive Of this number, Roger Bacon was the most eminent, not only in the monastery to which he belonged, but in all Oxford. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. Roger Bacon was in his younger years very much thought of by his own order, the Franciscans. The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time Roger Bacon promised to raise thunder and lightning, and disperse clouds by dissolving them into rain. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 Of him Roger Bacon wrote that he was the only man living who was in possession of all the sciences. East Anglia Personal Recollections and Historical Associations Thus only, in Roger Bacon's phrase, could certainty—assured, well grounded, rational belief—be reached. Logic, Inductive and Deductive Attached to Roger Bacon's laboratory, and a zealous assistant in the manifold occupations with which the learned Franciscan occupied himself, was a youthful student, whose name is stated to have been Hubert de Dreux. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. There is no account of how Roger Bacon took his punishment. The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time But to show that independent thinking was a crime one has only to refer to the results of the knowledge of Roger Bacon, who advanced his own methods of observation and criticism. History of Human Society Roger Bacon, the English monk, once said that it was necessary to keep the discoveries of the philosophers from those unworthy of knowing them. Carmen Ariza The way of reaching certainty that Roger Bacon repudiated was argument, discussion, dialectic. Logic, Inductive and Deductive Roger Bacon, he reasoned, was not one to practice an experiment like this for mere amusement. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. Roger Bacon and explosives; achievements in optics and astronomy. The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time There were many men of importance, such as Roger Bacon, Albertus Magnus, who were leaders in universities and who lent their influence to the development of learning in Europe. History of Human Society As to gunpowder, it is pretty obvious, that our countryman Roger Bacon was well acquainted with the ingredients that enter into its composition. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton Take, for example, Roger Bacon's inquiry into the cause of the colours of the rainbow. Logic, Inductive and Deductive Roger Bacon, of notoriety on account of his superior knowledge of physics, was the bright Christian light of the thirteenth century. The Christian Foundation, Or, Scientific and Religious Journal, Volume I, No. 11, November, 1880 This letter of Roger Bacon contains every idea that the modern scientists contend for as significant in education. The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time Doubtless Roger Bacon received his inspiration from the Greek and Arabian scientists with whom he was familiar. History of Human Society Of the work of Gilbert there is much to say; so there is also of Roger Bacon, whose life I am by no means sure I did right in omitting. Pioneers of Science The monk Roger Bacon, who lived in the thirteenth century, describes it very clearly; and several writers of the sixteenth century have also dealt with the idea. Astronomy of To-day A Popular Introduction in Non-Technical Language Two of our countrymen, Roger Bacon and, somewhat later, William of Ockham, sowed, each in his own way, the seeds which were to bear fruit in the science and speculation of far distant ages. Dante: His Times and His Work Roger Bacon must not be thought to be alone in this. The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time If Francis Bacon succeeded where Roger Bacon failed, the difference was due to the social conditions, not to the men. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. Already, however, our second great man of science was at work in a quiet country town—second in point of time, I mean, Roger Bacon being the first. Pioneers of Science There is also a Philosophia Orientalis, mentioned by Roger Bacon, and now lost, which according to Averroes was pantheistic in tone. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" His the energy which impelled Roger Bacon, Galileo, and Paracelsus in their searchings into nature. Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries In a previous chapter we spoke particularly of Roger Bacon's attitude toward the physical sciences, above all in what concerns the experimental method. The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time The story is told about Virgil as well as about Albertus Magnus, Roger Bacon, and other magicians, that he made a brazen head which could prophesy. The Humbugs of the World An Account of Humbugs, Delusions, Impositions, Quackeries, Deceits and Deceivers Generally, in All Ages Roger Bacon knew about lenses; and the ancients often refer to them, though usually as burning glasses. Pioneers of Science Roger Bacon is said to have forged a brazen head which spoke, and Albertus Magnus to have had an androides, which acted as doorkeeper, and was broken to pieces by Aquinas. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" He was a mathematician, thus walking in the footsteps of Roger Bacon. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Roger Bacon has been declared to be the discoverer of gunpowder, but this is a mistake, since it was known many years before by the Arabs and by them introduced into Europe. The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time The new universities attracted students from all parts of Europe, and famous thinkers like Albertus Magnus, Thomas Aquinas, and Roger Bacon wrote great treatises on religion, science, and philosophy. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe The Hebrew instruction, the Hebrew books which he found among its rabbis, were the means by which Roger Bacon penetrated to the older world of material research. Stray Studies from England and Italy Phil., in which the merits of Roger Bacon are brought prominently forward. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Another example is given in a set of astronomical tables for 1269 in a manuscript of Roger Bacon’s works, where the scribe began to write MCC6. and crossed out the figures, substituting the “Arabic” form. The Earliest Arithmetics in English Whatever it was, it seems to have cost much money, and because of his violation of his vow of poverty Roger Bacon fell under the ban of his order. The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time Like Roger Bacon he was disgusted by the reverence in which the bad translations of Aristotle were held. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe And the true father of the inductive philosophy, who anticipated the Organon and the very Idola of his great namesake, is Roger Bacon, the Franciscan brother. Colleges in America That the sciences are organically connected is a thought common to him and to his distinguished predecessor Roger Bacon. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" The abiding passion for truth in a character such as that of Roger Bacon or Bruno easily matches the enthusiasm of the missionary monk. Theism or Atheism The Great Alternative This opinion will fortify the doubters who must have authority, and at the same time sums up very excellently the position which Roger Bacon occupies in the history of science. The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time In Roger Bacon and his sympathizers we find a group of scientific investigators who were preparing the way for the unprecedented achievements in natural science which are the glory of recent times. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe He had studied and taught at Oxford and Paris, and made a creditable show beside such intellectual giants as Thomas Aquinas and Roger Bacon, his contemporaries. Mediæval Wales Chiefly in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries: Six Popular Lectures Summary.—The 13th century, an age peculiarly rich in great men, produced few, if any, who can take higher rank than Roger Bacon. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" The degrees good enough for Roger Bacon, Erasmus Darwin, Lavoisier, Linnaeus and Lamarck are good enough for me. Greener Than You Think In his sketch of Gilbert of Colchester, which was published in the "Popular Science Monthly" for August, 1901, Brother Potamian calls attention to this quality of Roger Bacon in a striking passage. The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time Roger Bacon, as we have seen, protested against the exaggerated veneration for books. An Introduction to the History of Western Europe The celebrated Roger Bacon, who flourished in the thirteenth century, although a monk, yet practised medicine. Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing "Iron without, skill within, my son," said Roger Bacon. The Ideal Both Roger Bacon and Francis Bacon had preceded him in admiration for Seneca, and Montaigne found Cicero tiresome and unprofitable compared with the author of the Epistles to Lucilius. Diderot and the Encyclopædists Volume II. Humboldt declared that it was a passage from Roger Bacon which more than anything else, even the Toscanelli letters, roused Columbus to his life purpose of sailing westwards. The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time The Opus Majus of Roger Bacon was not, however, printed until the last century, and could not have been known to Lord Bacon unless he had read it in manuscript. Notes and Queries, Number 68, February 15, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. When Roger Bacon joined this order, he was deprived of his books. The Book-Hunter in London Historical and Other Studies of Collectors and Collecting Indeed," resumed the Professor, "Roger Bacon might almost be called a thirteenth century van Manderpootz, or van Manderpootz a twenty-first century Roger Bacon. The Ideal A little earlier we see Roger Bacon making a fresh beginning in the experimental philosophy which had been slighted for centuries. The Chief End of Man It was not with regard to explosives alone, however, that Roger Bacon was to make great advances and still more marvelous anticipations in physical science. The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time It is, I suppose, that Roger Bacon, receiving a certain amount of knowledge from his teachers, had that in him which turned it to unsuspected directions and made it immensely greater and more fruitful. The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield Richard Fizacre, an intimate friend of Roger Bacon, was so passionately fond of reading Aristotle, that he always carried one of his works in his bosom. Bibliomania in the Middle Ages "Now as I was saying, Roger Bacon—" I ceased to listen. The Ideal The great geometricians and chemists, as Gerbert, Roger Bacon, and Cornelius Agrippa, were abhorred as magicians. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 After Roger Bacon came Raymond Lully, who wrote, in all, sixteen treatises on chemical subjects. The Popes and Science The History of the Papal Relations to Science During the Middle Ages and Down to Our Own Time It seems to be described in the pages of Roger Bacon, while many are of opinion that the returning Crusaders brought it from the east. The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 To these were added," says Wood, "the works of Roger Bacon, who, Bale tells us, writ an hundred Treatises. Bibliomania in the Middle Ages Here I will create Roger Bacon's mechanical head. The Ideal It was present in the pulpit of Pierre de Bruys, in the pages of Arnoldo da Brescia, in the cell of Roger Bacon. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 It may indeed truly be said with Roger Bacon, "The saints never condemned many an opinion which the moderns think ought to be condemned." On the Genesis of Species The one always had a tendency to shade off into the other, so that even Roger Bacon's practices were, although not condemned, at least looked upon somewhat doubtfully by the Church. German Culture Past and Present It was the accepted word of the clergy that science was futile and dangerous which led to the discrediting of Roger Bacon's works. The Necessity of Atheism Smaller men are always prone to do this, and indeed it constitutes one of the difficulties in the way of advance in scientific knowledge at all times, as Roger Bacon himself pointed out. Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages Dee has added in the margin the word “dubito,” meaning, I suppose, that there was not any sufficient evidence for attributing this treatise to Roger Bacon. The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee And the Catalog of His Library of Manuscripts It might have been supposed that he was a lonely student, dwelling in a tower, like Erasmus or Roger Bacon, quite cut off from the unsympathetic mob of his brother collegians. Western Worthies A Gallery of Biographical and Critical Sketches of West of Scotland Celebrities It was in this seminary that Roger Bacon, so renowned for his devotion to science and mathematics in the barbarous ages, received his education. The Customs of Old England Roger Bacon was first to practice extensively the experimental method of science. The Necessity of Atheism Roger Bacon even went to the extent, however, of declaring that man would some time be able to fly. Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages Among them were early works on science by Grostête and Roger Bacon, besides histories and chronicles. The Great Book-Collectors It seemed an apparition of Columbus, more definite and rational, without enthusiasm or idealism, or quotations from Roger Bacon, and Seneca, and the greater prophets. Lectures on Modern history Others, like Roger Bacon at Oxford, took an important part in education, and endeavored to rouse the sluggish monks to make efforts in the same direction. The Leading Facts of English History The nitrogenous era in warfare began when Friar Roger Bacon or Friar Schwartz—whichever it was—ground together in his mortar saltpeter, charcoal and sulfur. Creative Chemistry Descriptive of Recent Achievements in the Chemical Industries Roger Bacon insisted that, without mathematics, there was no possibility of real advance in physical science. Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages Even Roger Bacon, when he joined the Friars, was forbidden to retain his books and instruments, and was not allowed to touch ink or parchment without a special licence from the Pope. The Great Book-Collectors But difficulties which would have crushed another man only roused Roger Bacon to an almost superhuman energy. History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 In education Roger Bacon and other devoted scholars were laboring to broaden knowledge and deepen thought. The Leading Facts of English History The books of the Rabbis were no longer an accursed thing to Roger Bacon. History of the English People, Volume I Early England, 449-1071; Foreign Kings, 1071-1204; The Charter, 1204-1216 Roger Bacon's opinion of it and of its author furnishes us the best possible index of his attitude of mind towards observation and experiment in science. Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages Others, that one has but to cross the Canal of Suez and go to India to bloom forth as a Roger Bacon or even a Count St. Germain. Studies in Occultism; A Series of Reprints from the Writings of H. P. Blavatsky No. 1: Practical Occultism—Occultism versus the Occult Arts—The Blessings of Publicity Roger Bacon Roger Bacon was the child of royalist parents who were driven into exile and reduced to poverty by the civil wars. History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 It ridiculed Columbus; put Roger Bacon in jail because he discovered the principle of concave and convex glass; condemned Socrates, and jeered Fulton and Morse. Wit, Humor, Reason, Rhetoric, Prose, Poetry and Story Woven into Eight Popular Lectures How slowly indeed and against what obstacles science won its way we know from the witness of Roger Bacon. History of the English People, Volume I Early England, 449-1071; Foreign Kings, 1071-1204; The Charter, 1204-1216 Just as striking quotations on this subject might be made from Roger Bacon. Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages After having long lain buried, the famous Roger Bacon revived it; and from his time to the present day it has gradually progressed to a state of perfection. A Catechism of Familiar Things; Their History, and the Events Which Led to Their Discovery. With a Short Explanation of Some of the Principal Natural Phenomena. For the Use of Schools and Families. Enlarged and Revised Edition. A Jewish medical school seems to have existed at Oxford; Roger Bacon himself studied under English rabbis. History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 Even the mind of a philosopher like Roger Bacon was unable to rise entirely above the superstition of his age. Gilbertus Anglicus Medicine of the Thirteenth Century The weakness of the method was recognized by Roger Bacon so early as the thirteenth century. Readings in the History of Education Mediaeval Universities It is no wonder that Dr. Whewell, in his "History of the Inductive Sciences," should have been unstinted in his praise of Roger Bacon's work and writings. Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages Or, shall we study magical philosophy with Roger Bacon--the Friar, the Admirable Doctor? or read good Sir Thomas More? The End of the World A Love Story It is only words like these of his own that bring home to us the keen thirst for knowledge, the patience, the energy of Roger Bacon. History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 Then it was taken up in succession by Roger Bacon, Vitellio, and Kepler. Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 The slowness with which these works made their way is described by Roger Bacon at the end of the thirteenth century. Readings in the History of Education Mediaeval Universities According to this Catalogue, a Treatise on Moral Philosophy forms part of Roger Bacon's MSS. there enumerated; and if so, why did Jebb suppress it in his edition of the Opus Majus? Notes and Queries, Number 25, April 20, 1850 The telescope was not then in use; though described long before with great accuracy by Roger Bacon. Poems The whole of the after-works of Roger Bacon--and treatise after treatise has of late been disentombed from our libraries--are but developements in detail of the magnificent conception he laid before Clement. History of the English People, Volume II The Charter, 1216-1307; The Parliament, 1307-1400 Then it was taken up in succession by Roger Bacon, Vitellio, and Kepler. Six Lectures on Light Delivered In The United States In 1872-1873 Roger Bacon, hints and queries for a new edition of his works, 393. Notes and Queries, Index of Volume 1, November, 1849-May, 1850 A Medium of Inter-Communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. One special crime of the Church in this age must not be forgotten: her treatment of Roger Bacon. The Freethinker's Text Book, Part II. Christianity: Its Evidences, Its Origin, Its Morality, Its History Roger Bacon, the most famous name in mediaeval science, no doubt saw the tower of St. Mary's beginning to rise. The Charm of Oxford Roger Bacon was a pupil of his, and testifies to his amazing variety of knowledge. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature The monks imprisoned Roger Bacon fourteen years, and tried to blast his fair name by calling him a magician, merely because he stepped beyond the narrow limits of monkish inquiry. A Short History of Monks and Monasteries James I. could not look upon a glittering sword; Roger Bacon fainted at the sight of an apple; and blank paper fills me with melancholy. The Cross of Berny Roger Bacon was a Franciscan monk, who not only studied Greek, Hebrew, and Oriental languages, but who devoted himself to natural science, and made many discoveries in astronomy, chemistry, optics, and mathematics. The Freethinker's Text Book, Part II. Christianity: Its Evidences, Its Origin, Its Morality, Its History Every baby has to discover more in the first years of its life than Roger Bacon ever discovered in his laboratory. Back to Methuselah To effect this he employs-- "Some twenty barrels of the dusky grain The secret of whose framing in an hour Of diabolic jollity and mirth Old Roger Bacon wormed from Beelzebub." Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 Among the most important of the anecdotical lives are, Roger Bacon, Herschel, Watt, and Arkwright—names nearly and dearly allied with the triumphs of science in this country. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 473, January 29, 1831 The Merchant is Marco Polo, who is supposed to visit England, after his return from the East, and to become acquainted with the Friar Roger Bacon. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 It was the vision of Roger Bacon fulfilled. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 Admirable Doctor, a name given to Roger Bacon. The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge Yet he was a great favorite with the Franciscans, and for a time exercised a profound influence on the universities of Paris and Oxford, finding a strong admirer even in Roger Bacon. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 It once had a nunnery, and it was the birthplace of Roger Bacon, who was born here in 1214. Somerset Selections from medieval philosophers; Roger Bacon to William of Ockham. U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1958 July - December The memory of Roger Bacon has received but scant justice. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 Roger Bacon made a brazen head that held discourses. Stories by American Authors, Volume 5 Roger Bacon, philosopher and scientist, was a native of the town or immediate neighbourhood. Wanderings in Wessex An Exploration of the Southern Realm from Itchen to Otter Roger Bacon was thrown into prison for having too good an education. Comic History of England The monk, Roger Bacon, was worthy of entering the temple of fame before his great namesake the Lord Chancellor, who in the seventeenth century inaugurated the era of experimental science. Wonderful Balloon Ascents The facts known concerning Roger Bacon's life are few, and are so intermingled with tradition that it is difficult wholly to separate them from it. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 Roger Bacon, in searching for the philosopher's stone, discovered gunpowder, a still more extraordinary substance. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 It was a phenomenal wave that bore Roger Bacon and left his mark on the sand where none other approached for centuries. The Dominion of the Air; the story of aerial navigation The learned Franciscan friar, Roger Bacon, who lived in the thirteenth century, seems to have thought of the possibility of producing a contrivance that would float in air. The Mastery of the Air Roger Bacon, in the thirteenth century, inaugurated a more scientific era. Wonderful Balloon Ascents The range of Roger Bacon's studies was encyclopedic, comprehending all the branches of learning then open to scholars. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 Roger Bacon firmly believed in the philosopher's stone, and spent much of his time in search of it. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 Since Roger Bacon, perhaps, no great thinker had been so completely abased and thwarted by theological oppression. History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom The Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount are discoveries in God, but so are the advances in knowledge made by Plato, Aristotle, Roger Bacon, and Thomas Edison. The Conquest of Fear Roger Bacon, at a far earlier date, must have pronounced Hebrew in much the same way, but he was not guilty of the monstrosity of turning the Ayin into a nasal. The Book of Delight and Other Papers Gunpowder is plainly described in the works of Roger Bacon before the year 1267. The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation Since the time of Roger Bacon, it had fascinated the imagination of many ardent men in England. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 The first great thinker who, in spite of some stumbling into theologic pitfalls, persevered in a truly scientific path, was Roger Bacon. History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom Roger Bacon, a Franciscan friar, occupied himself almost exclusively with physical and natural science. Initiation into Philosophy Just as in the time of Roger Bacon excellent but mistaken men devoted all their energies to binding Christianity to Aristotle. Scientific American, Volume 22, No. 1, January 1, 1870 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. Perhaps the most eminent of these is Roger Bacon. Outline of Universal History As representative of this scientific interest we may take the Englishman, Roger Bacon. Early European History Roger Bacon's investigations already begun were discredited: worthless mixtures of scriptural legends with imperfectly authenticated physical facts took their place. History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom Merlin and Roger Bacon were greater public benefactors than Morse and Edison. Confessions and Criticisms Roger Bacon, of whom extraordinary stories of magic have been told, and who was about twenty years younger than Albertus, was one of the rarest geniuses that have existed on earth. Lives of the Necromancers Roger Bacon was treated as a magician, and I doubt not that this will ever be the case with all those who are more learned than their fellow-men. A March on London Roger Bacon, for instance, thought that "flying dragons" still existed in Europe and that eating their flesh lengthened human life. Early European History More than three centuries before Francis Bacon advocated the experimental method, Roger Bacon practised it, and the results as now revealed are wonderful. History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom Then, scientific investigators, like Roger Bacon, were thought to be in league with the devil and were thrown into prison. Halleck's New English Literature Three centuries earlier the monk Roger Bacon did more practical experimenting than the Elizabethan sage; and the latter's famous "idols" are strongly suggestive of the former's "Four Sources of Human Ignorance." English Literature Its History and Its Significance for the Life of the English Speaking World Two of the greatest scholars of the thirteenth century, or perhaps of all the mediæval ages, Roger Bacon and Albertus Magnus, owed very much of their scientific knowledge to the Arabians. General History for Colleges and High Schools Roger Bacon was born about 1214, and going early to Oxford fell under the influence of the most liberal teachers in Europe, at whose head stood Robert Grosseteste, afterward Bishop of Lincoln. The Emancipation of Massachusetts Surely we ought to let off fireworks on Roger Bacon's birthday. Without Prejudice In the thirteenth century Roger Bacon, often called the "Father of Philosophy," maintained that the air could be navigated. Marvels of Modern Science In the hopes of a steady increase of knowledge, based on the application of new methods, he had been anticipated by Roger Bacon, and further back by Seneca. The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth The fame of Roger Bacon came down from the preceding century, and the name of Dante still possessed the influence of a living presence. A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers Later, Roger Bacon and Leonardo da Vinci, each in his turn ruminated in manuscript upon the subject of flight. The Age of Invention : a chronicle of mechanical conquest The brazen head of Roger Bacon is mute; but is not "Planchette" uttering her responses in a hundred houses of this city? Medical Essays, 1842-1882 Roger Bacon, the Franciscan monk, was persecuted on account of his studies in natural philosophy, and he was charged with, dealing in magic, because of his investigations in chemistry. Character There was indeed nothing new in the principle; it had been recognised by Hippocrates, Plato, Aristotle, Polybius, and other Greeks, and in a later age by Roger Bacon. The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth Roger Bacon, who lived in the thirteenth century, while devoting much of his time to alchemy, made such valuable discoveries as the theory, at least, of the telescope, and probably gunpowder. A History of Science — Volume 2 Roger Bacon, an Oxford master, applied mathematical knowledge to natural phenomena such as metal work, mineral work, the making of weapons, agriculture, and the remedies and charms of wizards and magicians. Our Legal Heritage Better than Abelard or St. Thomas Aquinas, and much better than any physicians, Albertus Magnus and Roger Bacon represent the men who were awake to greet the rising of the sun of science. The Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913 We see them in Robert Grostete, in Roger Bacon, and eventually in Spinoza. History of the Conflict Between Religion and Science Roger Bacon stood before the same dead wall. The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth This anachronistic thinker was the English monk, Roger Bacon. A History of Science — Volume 2 When Roger Bacon blew up his first batch of gunpowder one might have supposed that men would have gone at once to the explosive engine. The World Set Free A man of much greater interest to us from the medical point of view is Roger Bacon and for two reasons. The Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913 Even Roger Bacon with his strong appeal for a new method accepted the dominant mediaeval conviction—that all the sciences did but minister to their queen, Theology. The Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913 But he is not haunted by any vision of the end of the world, or the coming of Antichrist; three centuries of humanism lay between him and Roger Bacon. The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth Roger Bacon was "a voice crying in the wilderness," and not one of the men I have picked out as specially typical of the period instituted any new departure either in practice or in science. The Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913 Durer was his parallel and Roger Bacon—whom the Franciscans silenced—of his kindred. The World Set Free On June 10, 1914, the eve of his birth, the septencentenary of Roger Bacon will be celebrated by Oxford, the university of which he is the most distinguished ornament. The Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913 Roger Bacon may be called the first of the moderns—certainly the first to appreciate the extraordinary possibilities which lay in a free and untrammelled study of nature. The Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913 We need not dwell on the fact that he had been anticipated by Roger Bacon; for the ideas of that wonderful thinker had fallen dead in an age which was not ripe for them. The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth Roger Bacon himself was a warm believer in judicial astrology and in the influence of the planets, stars and comets on generation, disease and death. The Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913 |
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