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Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban , (; 22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626), also known as Lord Verulam, was an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England. Bacon led the advancement of both natural philosophy and the scientific method and his works remained influential even in the late stages of the Scientific Revolution.Bacon has been called the father of empiricism.

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Edward Gibbon

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the life and ideas of the writer of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, one of the most celebrated works of its kind.

17 June 2021

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Featuring: David Womersley, Charlotte Roberts, Karen O'Brien

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Culture 18th-century English male writers British male essayists English essayists 18th-century English non-fiction writers 18th-century English historians British MPs 1780–1784, Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1774–1780 Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford Freemasons of the Premier Grand Lodge of England English male non-fiction writers British critics of religions English rhetoricians Rhetoric theorists Irony theorists People educated at Westminster School, London Fellows of the Royal Society English Protestants Theorists on Western civilization 18th century
Mary Astell

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the philosopher Mary Astell (1666 – 1731) who has been described as "the first English feminist".

5 November 2020

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Featuring: Hannah Dawson, Mark Goldie, Teresa Bejan

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Philosophy Feminist studies scholars 17th-century English writers 18th-century English women writers 17th-century pseudonymous writers British women's rights activists Feminism and history 18th-century English philosophers 18th-century British philosophers English feminist writers, English feminists 18th-century English non-fiction writers English women non-fiction writers English women activists 18th-century English writers 17th-century English women writers Pseudonymous women writers 17th-century English educators English educational theorists 18th-century pseudonymous writers 17th-century English philosophers English rhetoricians 17th century 18th century