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The Major Works
Francis Bacon
出版Oxford University Press, 2002
主題Literary Collections / European / English, Irish, Scottish, WelshLiterary Collections / EssaysPhilosophy / Movements / HumanismPhilosophy / History & Surveys / MedievalPhilosophy / History & Surveys / ModernPhilosophy / Political
ISBN01928408199780192840813
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=QJ6vZ6CSXvUC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋This authoritative edition was originally published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode. It brings together an extensive collection of Bacon's writing - the major prose in full, together with sixteen other pieces not otherwise available - togive the essence of his work and thinking.Although he had a distinguished career as a lawyer and statesman, Francis Bacon's lifelong goal was to improve and extend human knowledge. In The Advancement of Learning (1605) he made a brilliant critique of the deficiencies of previous systems of thought and proposed improvements to knowledge inevery area of human life. He conceived the Essays (1597, much enlarged in 1625) as a study of the formative influences on human behaviour, psychological and social. In The New Atlantis (1626) he outlined his plan for a scientific research institute in the form of a Utopian fable. In addition tothese major English works this edition includes 'Of Tribute', an important early work here printed complete for the first time, and a revealing selection of his legal and political writings, together with his poetry. A special feature of the edition is its extensive annotation which identifies Bacon's sources and allusions, and glosses his vocabulary.