The Wisdom of the Ancients

The Wisdom of the Ancients
Author: Sir Francis Bacon
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
Total Pages: 72
Release: 1691
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 3849691845

Bacon published this interesting little work in 1609. It contains thirty-one fables abounding with a union of deep thought and poetic beauty. In most fables he explains the common but erroneous supposition that knowledge and the conformity of the will, knowing and acting, are convertible terms.

The Essays Or Counsels, Civil and Moral

The Essays Or Counsels, Civil and Moral
Author: Francis Bacon
Publisher: Prabhat Prakashan
Total Pages: 163
Release: 2021-01-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN:

First published in the year 1597, renowned philosopher, social thinker and writer Francis Bacon's present book 'The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral' is a compandium of his various essays that are written in wide range of styles, from the plain and unadorned to the epigrammatic.

Essays

Essays
Author: Francis Bacon
Publisher:
Total Pages: 214
Release: 1752
Genre: Conduct of life
ISBN:

Of Empire

Of Empire
Author: Francis Bacon
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 74
Release: 2006-05-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 110165113X

Francis Bacon’s landmark writings on subjects ranging from anger and ambition, marriage and money, to envy and empire established him as the founding father of modern scientific thinking, with his rejection of superstition and his emphasis on proof and experiment, rational enquiry and reasoned argument. Writings include: • Of Revenge • Of Parents and Children • Of Envy • Of Love • Of Goodness and Goodness of Nature • Of Cunning • Of Beauty • Of Negotiating • Of Anger • And many more