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Complete Essays
Complete Essays | Francis Bacon
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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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Bacon's Essays | Francis Bacon
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#Darkness #QuotsyOct19 @TK-421

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Essays of Sir Francis Bacon | Francis Bacon
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Day 3: Nekkid hardcovers! These are all my nerdy husband‘s. AND the vintage crane toy, too. #notmybooks #riotgrams #nakedhardcovers

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Essays of Sir Francis Bacon | Francis Bacon
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#quotable #spookyoctober

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PurityofEssence
PurityofEssence
Bacon's Essays | Francis Bacon
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"...for boldness is an ill keeper of promise."

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Chey12
Chey12
Essays of Francis Bacon | Francis Bacon
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"Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention."

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GoneFishing
GoneFishing
Complete Essays | Francis Bacon

Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.

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rmlargent
rmlargent
Essays of Francis Bacon | Francis Bacon
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Read merely as an historical appendix to gain insight & context into the political thought of those during the Revolutionary times. Very dry as expected and not necessarily too insight for modern readers. Placed in context, it could point towards some more radical ideas towards monarchical society.