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.