Comparing Francis Bacon's And Rene Descarte

Both Francis Bacon’s and Rene Descartes’ works share at least one common idea: there is a need to create new ways learning about the world. Bacon says that previous methods are outdates while Descartes suggests a new way of discovering the truth using doubt. Francis Bacon’s idols are idols of the tribe, den, market, and the theatre. Each of them represent a way of how an observation of a person can be corrupted by their nature, themselves, or other instances. He emphasizes that it is hard for an unprepared person to “guard themselves with all possible care against them” (Bacon 9). Nevertheless, Descartes does not take into account such factors and proposes an idea to question everything. He believes that the truth can be discover by doubt while