We must start human society from scratch; as Francis Bacon said, we must recreate human understanding.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- We need to rebuild society and human understanding from the ground up.
- In plain terms
- Restart society and how we understand the world.
- What can you take from it?
- Rebuild social structures and knowledge from scratch.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What should we restart?
- What must be rebuilt?
Another view
Starting over ignores valuable tradition.
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