Francis Bacon’s “Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed”

apple-88x50Stephen Hicks summarizes Ayn Rand’s metaphysics and epistemology with a quotation from Francis Bacon. This is from Part 12 of his Philosophy of Education course.

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3 thoughts on “Francis Bacon’s “Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed””

  1. Many thanks for returning attribution back to where it belongs! Oh, and also for giving me a half an hour of belly laughs on Boxing Day with Philomena Cunk on “The true-ish meaning of Christmas .”

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