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Removing Arab embroidery

"He was intimately acquainted with the philosophical and scientific insights of the Arabic world, which was the most advanced civilization at the time." The is conjecture and unsubstantiated. He studied in English Universities and had no "intimate" acquaintance with the Arabic world.

You've made a leap of logic. The Arabic world isn't the equivalent of the Arabic world's philosophy and scientific insight. --Ceriel Nosforit 15:22, 2005 May 1 (UTC)

Actually Roger Bacon was intimately familiar with esoteric Arab knowledge, religious, scientific and otherwise. He lectured at Oxford wearing what would now be called Sufi robes. For more details on this and unimpeachable sources, see Idries Shah's "The Sufis", Octagon Press. --Kneeslasher 15:06, 11 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

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Scholasticism

This article is currently in Category:Scholastic philosophers, but as

Bacon withdrew from the scholastic routine and devoted himself to languages and experimental research.

and

He was an enthusiastic proponent and practician of the experimental method of acquiring knowledge about the world.

shouldn't he also belong to Category:Empiricists

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 == Re:more ==
 Never mind!
+== Scholasticism ==
+This article is currently in [[:Category:Scholastic philosophers]], but as
+: ''Bacon withdrew from the scholastic routine and devoted himself to languages and experimental research.''
+and
+: ''He was an enthusiastic proponent and practician of the experimental method of acquiring knowledge about the world.''
+shouldn't he also belong to [[:Category:Empiricists]]