Essays - Couverture souple

Bacon, Francis

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0460871234 ISBN 13 : 9780460871235

Editeur : Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ), 1992

Synopsis

Book by Bacon Francis

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

This complete and unabridged collection of Francis Bacon's essays is superbly presented and faithful to the original publication.

An intellectual possessed of a staggering breadth of knowledge and learning, Francis Bacon wrote many essays on a range of topics. Subjects such as married life, child rearing, the sins of envy and vainglory, and the virtues of friendship, love and good counsel are all thoughtfully expounded upon and detailed.

Cautionary writings on the subjects of anger and revenge are also present - Francis notably makes an impassioned plea for true justice, noting that the quality of mercy is a far higher virtue than the 'wild justice' born of angry revenge.

Reflecting the early colonial times in which Francis Bacon lived, we also witness essays upon the subjects of travel, Empire, ambition and commerce. Well-travelled and curious about distant lands, it is with experience that Bacon gives colour and depth to these essays.

Remarkably fresh and readable four centuries after their original publication, the essays of Francis Bacon remain imbued with the plain spoken clarity and good wisdom the author originally sought to convey. The truths stated remain so for all time, and are a valuable source for the everyday reader as well as scholars and students of the Enlightenment era.

For occasional archaic terms, a glossary is appended at the conclusion of the book to better clarify certain statements.

Biographie de l'auteur

Francis Bacon, philosopher, essayist, lawyer and statesman, was born in London in 1561. He studied at Cambridge and was enrolled at Gray's Inn in 1576. In 1584 he entered Parliament, and made the acquaintance of the Earl of Essex, who endeavoured to advance him in his career. Nevertheless, having been appointed to investigate the causes of Essex's revolt in 1601, Bacon was largely responsible for the earl's conviction. Bacon was appointed Solicitor-General in 1607 and eventually became Lord Chancellor in 1618. In 1621 he was charged with bribery, fined and imprisoned in the Tower. Following his release, he retired to his family home and spent his remaining years in philosophical and literary work. His ambition was to create a new system of philosophy to relace that of Aristotle, and he has been justly acclaimed as an inspiration to later scientists, rationalits and materialists. He died in 1626.John Pitcher is a Fellow of St John's College, Oxford. He has edited Cymbeline for the Penguin Shakespeare and The Winter's Tale for the third series of the Arden Shakespeare.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0460871234
• ISBN 13: 9780460871235
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 224
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible