Author: Francis BaconPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
The Works of Francis Bacon
Author: Francis BaconPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
The Major Works
Author: Francis BaconPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780192840813
Category : English essays
Languages : en
Pages : 868
Book Description
This authoritative edition was originally published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode. It brings together an extensive collection of Bacon's writing - the major prose in full, together with sixteen other pieces not otherwise available - togive the essence of his work and thinking.Although he had a distinguished career as a lawyer and statesman, Francis Bacon's lifelong goal was to improve and extend human knowledge. In The Advancement of Learning (1605) he made a brilliant critique of the deficiencies of previous systems of thought and proposed improvements to knowledge inevery area of human life. He conceived the Essays (1597, much enlarged in 1625) as a study of the formative influences on human behaviour, psychological and social. In The New Atlantis (1626) he outlined his plan for a scientific research institute in the form of a Utopian fable. In addition tothese major English works this edition includes 'Of Tribute', an important early work here printed complete for the first time, and a revealing selection of his legal and political writings, together with his poetry.A special feature of the edition is its extensive annotation which identifies Bacon's sources and allusions, and glosses his vocabulary.
The works of Francis Bacon
Author: Francis BaconThe Works of Francis Bacon
Author: Francis BaconThe Works of Francis Bacon
Author: Francis BaconThe Works of Francis Bacon
Author: BaconThe Works of Francis Bacon
Author: Francis BaconPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English essays
Languages : en
Pages : 642
Book Description
Author: Francis Bacon
Author: Francis Bacon
Author: Francis Bacon