“A prudent question is one half of wisdom.”

— Francis Bacon · Wisdom quote

“A prudent question is one half of wisdom.”

— FRANCIS BACON

Philosopher and statesman · 1561 – 1626

Francis Bacon was an English philosopher, statesman and essayist who championed the empirical method of inquiry. His Essays and his plan for the reform of learning in the Novum Organum helped lay the groundwork of modern science.

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