Which of the following is considered a writer whose works formed the wellspring of philosophical thought in the era and was highly influential upon Jefferson as well as Montesquieu?

Alicia Keys began her musical career in her early thirties.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

Francis Bacon was one of the seventeenth century's leading advocates for the empirical method. What is the empirical method?

A. A method of inquiry that combines inductive reasoning with scientific experimentation. B. A method of inquiry that combines deductive reasoning with scientific experimentation. C. A method of inquiry that prioritizes inductive reasoning over scientific experimentation. D. A method of inquiry that prioritizes scientific experimentation over inductive reasoning.