The Essays
The Logic of Chance: The Nature and Origin of Biological Evolution (FT Press Science)
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Sir Francis Bacon—it comes from his essay “Of Studies”—concerns the reading of books: “Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.”
Alan Jacobs • The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction
FRANCIS BACON (1561-1626), although his philosophy is in many ways unsatisfactory, has permanent importance as the founder of modern inductive method and the pioneer in the attempt at logical systematization of scientific procedure.
Bertrand Russell • History of Western Philosophy
All his actions and practical sentiments are linked with long and abstruse deductions from the system of divine government and the laws of our intellectual constitution.