# Francis Bacon — Essays character guide

> Francis Bacon in Essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Bacon

**First appearance:** 0001-self-reliance

## Who they are

English philosopher and statesman, a pioneer of the scientific method.

## In the story

### [Spiritual Laws](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/emerson_essays_se/chapters/spiritual-laws)

Cited as one who could perceive Plato's secret doctrine, demonstrating the law that no deep meaning can be concealed from a prepared, kindred mind.

### [Nature](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/emerson_essays_se/chapters/nature)

Mentioned implicitly among figures like Franklin, Dalton, Davy, and Black, whose common sense in scientific discovery is presented as the same faculty that originally arranged the natural laws they uncover.

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