From 65438 to 0605, Bacon completed two volumes of On Academic Progress in English. This is a book with knowledge as the research object, which is part of Bacon's grand ideal and plan to transform knowledge in an all-round way. In his book, Bacon lashed out at obscurantism in the Middle Ages, demonstrated the great role of knowledge, and put forward the unsatisfactory knowledge status and remedial measures. In this book, Bacon put forward a systematic scientific encyclopedia outline, which played an important role in the compilation of encyclopedias by the French Encyclopedia School headed by Diderot in the18th century.
1609, Bacon published his third book "On the Wisdom of the Ancient People" when he was the Deputy Attorney General. He believes that in ancient times, there was the oldest wisdom of mankind, and the oldest lost wisdom can be found by studying ancient fables.
Bacon originally intended to write a six-volume encyclopedia "Great Rejuvenation", which is his masterpiece of reviving science and reshaping human knowledge. However, he failed to complete the expected plan and only published the first two parts. The new tool released by 1620 is the second part of this book. New Tools is Bacon's most important philosophical work, which puts forward the principles and methods of empirical cognition initiated by Bacon in modern times. This book is the antithesis of Aristotle's tools.
After finishing his political career, Bacon completed the book Biography of henry vii in only a few months, which was highly praised by later historians and was hailed as "a milestone in modern history".
Around 1623, Bacon wrote The New Island, an unfinished utopian work, which was first published by Luo Lai in the second year after his death. In the book, the author describes his new pursuit and yearning for the blueprint of an ideal society, and designs a country called "Natural Pillar", in which science dominates everything, which is a concentrated expression of the thought and belief of "great rejuvenation" of science advocated by Bacon after graduation.
In addition, Bacon left many works after his death, which were later compiled and published by many experts and scholars, including On the Essence of Things, Clues in the Maze, Criticism of Various Philosophies, Events in Nature, and On Human Knowledge.
Bacon's position in the history of science
Francis Bacon is the first philosopher who put forward the principle of empiricism in the history of modern philosophy. He attached importance to the role of sensory experience and inductive logic in the process of cognition, initiated a new era of empirical philosophy of perceptual nature with experience, played a positive role in promoting the establishment of modern science, and made great historical contributions in the history of human philosophy and science. To this end, Russell revered Bacon as "a pioneer in logically organizing scientific research procedures".