Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 423 pages)
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digital, PDF file(s)
Edition:
2011
ISBN:
9781139149655
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. Philosophy
Content:
Francis Bacon (1561–1626), the English philosopher, statesman and jurist, is best known for developing the empiricist method which forms the basis of modern science. Bacon's writings concentrated on philosophy and judicial reform. His most significant work is the Instauratio Magna comprising two parts - The Advancement of Learning and the Novum Organum. The first part is noteworthy as the first major philosophical work published in English (1605). James Spedding (1808–81) and his co-editors arranged this fourteen-volume edition, published in London between 1857 and 1874, not in chronological order but by subject matter, so that different volumes would appeal to different audiences. The material is divided into three parts: philosophy and general literature; legal works; and letters, speeches and tracts relating to politics. Published in 1869, Volume 12 contains Bacon's letters and writings between 1613 and 1616, which primarily relate to his appointment as Attorney General
Note:
Title from publisher's web page (viewed on 18 Dec. 2012)
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781108040754
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Bacon, Francis, 1561 - 1626 The works of Francis Bacon ; 12 : The letters and the life ; 5 London : Longmans, 1869
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9781139149655
Author information:
Bacon, Francis 1561-1626
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