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Essays by Francis Bacon

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Essays by Francis Bacon

The genius of Francis Bacon is nowhere better revealed than in his essays.

Bacon's education was grounded in the classical texts of ancient Greece and Rome, but he brought vividness and color to the arid scholasticism of medieval book-learning. Whatever their subject, whether it is something as personal as Friendship or as abstract as Truth, the essays combine a mixture of rhetoric and philosophy; and are perhaps the most complete and rounded examples of Bacon's literary style.

Rather than merely summarizing popular philosophy or producing glib expositions of correct conduct, Bacon attempted to change the shape of the other men's minds. He believed rhetoric, as the force eloquence and persuasion, could incline the mind towards the pure light of reason.

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ISBN 13 9780460110105
ISBN 10 0460110101
Title Essays
Author Francis Bacon
Series Everyman's University Paperbacks
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Littlehampton Book Services Ltd
Year published 1962-12-01
Number of pages 224
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