- Aphorisms and apothegms, Classical Mythology, Early works to 1800, English essays
"Bacon's Essays have attracted an eager readership since their publication in 1625. They sum up a lifetime's observations on the whole range of human activity, by one of the keenest minds of the Renaissance.
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- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
- unpretentiousprestige
- contemplativerelentless
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About the book
- Author
- Francis Bacon
- First published
- 1618
- Pages
- 282
- Publisher
- Apud F. Hackium, F, C and J Rivington etc., Houghton Mifflin
- Editions
- 188
- Language
- pan, German, English, French
- ISBN
- 9780674317406
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“1579 February. His father dies, and (in June) he returns to England.”
An English philosopher, statesman, scientist, lawyer, jurist and author known as the father of Empiricism.
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