Complete Essays (Dover Literature: Essays) - Softcover

Bacon, Francis

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9780486454436: Complete Essays (Dover Literature: Essays)
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ISBN 10: 0486454436 ISBN 13: 9780486454436
Publisher: Dover Publications, 2008

Synopsis

Wise, witty, and immensely readable, these short but thought-provoking discourses examine life, death, and everything in between: truth, adversity, love, superstition, health, ambition, fame, and many other timeless topics. Francis Bacon — renowned as a scientist, scholar, and statesman — regarded the world as a puzzle to be solved. During the transition between the Renaissance and the early modern era, his methods of inductive reasoning exercised an enormous influence on seventeenth-century Europe. In these essays, Bacon effectively applied his scientific approach of observation and interpretation to human behavior.
Bacon originally intended the essays as personal notes, to be shared only with a few friends. He was persuaded to publish an initial installment in 1597, and the volume's continuing popularity led to his revised and enlarged version of 1625. This edition features all 58 essays of the later version, offering a splendid  combination of style and substance.

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About the Author

Francis Bacon was born in London in 1561. A powerful member of Parliament and lord chancellor under King James I, he was among the first of the English philosophers. He died in 1626.

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Publisher
Dover Publications
Publication date
2008
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0486454436
ISBN 13 
9780486454436
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
224
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