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Science and Religion
- The church initially coexisted with science but later viewed it as a threat.
- This shift occurred due to insecurities stemming from humanism and new interpretations of Christianity.
Misguided Knowledge Pursuit
- Francis Bacon believed that the pursuit of knowledge during his time was misguided, both in method and motivation.
- People sought knowledge for selfish reasons like personal ambition or social status, not for the betterment of society.
Flawed Knowledge Seekers
- Bacon criticized two main types of knowledge seekers: 'reasoners' (philosophers) who relied solely on reason, and the 'superstitious' who relied on unexplained phenomena.
- He argued that both methods were flawed and lacked a practical, beneficial approach to knowledge acquisition.