Philosopher for Hire
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It comes to my attention that there has been a call for a Philosopher to enlighten the King. After having gone through an intense screening process, I've selected Francis Bacon, Jonathan Swift, and Thomas Hobbeseach because they have something unique to bring to the table. Bacon has a distinct concept of the world and workings of scientific discovery. He believes that science should be explored to prove the word of God, and knowledge equals power. Jonathan Swift was an interesting Lad. He used satire to drive his opinions home. He wrote such things as A Modest Proposal, and city Shower. In each, he blew his arguments out of proportion to shock his audience. He also wrote some well-known novelsone of which being Gilliver's Travles. Lastly, we interviewed Thomas Hobbes...