Francis BaconThis is the first extensive one-volume anthology of Bacon's writings since 1905. It includes the major English literary works on which his reputation rests: the Advancement of Learning (1605), the Essays (1597 and 1625), and the posthumously published New Atlantis (1626). In addition it reprints sixteen other works which are not otherwise available, which show Bacon's remarkable all-round abilities in politics, law, theology, and poetry. A special feature of the edition is its extensive annotation, which identifies Bacon's sources and allusions (in the Bible, in classical literature, and in Renaissance texts). It also provides full explanation of Bacon's vocabulary, which is as rich as Shakespeare's, but far less familiar. Detailed headnotes recreate the political and intellectual contexts in which these works were produced. |
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... medicine cannot command over the disease . For except it be treacle and mithrida- tum , and of late diascordium ... medicines . Therefore here is the deficience which I find , that physicians have not , partly out of their own practice ...
... medicine cannot command over the disease . For except it be treacle and mithrida- tum , and of late diascordium ... medicines . Therefore here is the deficience which I find , that physicians have not , partly out of their own practice ...
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... medicine cannot command over the disease . For except it be treacle ° and mithrida- tum , and of late diascordium ... medicines . Therefore here is the deficience which I find , that physicians have not , partly out of their own practice ...
... medicine cannot command over the disease . For except it be treacle ° and mithrida- tum , and of late diascordium ... medicines . Therefore here is the deficience which I find , that physicians have not , partly out of their own practice ...
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... medicine . Circe . Daughter of Helios and Perse , a goddess powerful in magic . Ipse ... undas . ' Jupiter himself with thunder hurled down to the Stygian floods Apollo's offspring [ Aesculapius ] , the inventor of medicine and art ...
... medicine . Circe . Daughter of Helios and Perse , a goddess powerful in magic . Ipse ... undas . ' Jupiter himself with thunder hurled down to the Stygian floods Apollo's offspring [ Aesculapius ] , the inventor of medicine and art ...
Contents
Introduction | xv |
Chronology | xlv |
An Advertisement touching the Controversies of the Church | 7 |
Copyright | |
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