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The Works Of Francis Bacon, Baron Of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, And Lord High Chancellor Of England (Volume Iii)

The Works Of Francis Bacon, Baron Of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, And Lord High Chancellor Of England (Volume Iii)

Bacon, Francis

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PhilosophyLetters & EssaysGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9354440789
ISBN13: 9789354440786
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Feb 24 2021
Pages: 544
Weight: 1.74
Height: 1.21 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Power, knowledge, and the uneasy dance between them meet here in Francis Bacon's own voice. These pages still startle minds. Volume III of The Works of Francis Bacon gathers renaissance philosophy essays and collected philosophical writings that helped shape seventeenth century philosophy and the early modern scientific method, revealing how a statesman-philosopher from Elizabethan Jacobean England thought about inquiry, ambition, virtue, and the commonwealth. Moving between acute observations on court and counsel, classic political philosophy, and meditative moral and ethical reflections, Bacon probes what it means to live wisely in a world governed as much by human frailty as by natural law. For readers today, his arguments remain bracingly direct: sceptical of empty speculation, impatient with corruption, intent on grounding knowledge in experience and usefulness. This third volume stands at the crossroads of British intellectual history, indispensable to philosophy students and scholars yet accessible to any curious reader drawn to a great books curriculum or a classic philosophy collection. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. Whether approached as a cornerstone of the complete works of francis bacon or as a single, self-contained encounter with a restless mind, it offers a rich, demanding companion for reflection on power, science, and the possibilities of human progress.

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