By: A.C. Grayling Bacon was a statesman, lawyer, essayist and philosopher. He had a spectacular career between his admission to Cambridge University at the age of twelve and his fall from high office, probably as a result of political machinations, at the age of sixty in 1621. Despite being a
Read MoreBy: A.C. Grayling Bacon was a statesman, lawyer, essayist and philosopher. He had a spectacular career between his admission to Cambridge University at the age of twelve and his fall from high