The Root of the World

Called Doctor Mirabilis (Latin for "astounding teacher"), there doesn't seem to be an area of science or philosophy this amazing man did not explore. Here is a fine example of Bacon's esoteric thinking. A great read.

The bodies of all natural things being as well perfect as imperfect from the original of time, and compounded of a quaternity of elements or natures, viz., fire, air, earth, water, are conjoined by God Almighty in a perfect unity. In these four elements is hid the secret of the ...