num_pages: 864
description: This is the first extensive one-volume selection of Bacon's English writings in over 90 years. The latest addition to The Oxford Authors series, it includes all the major literary writings on which his reputation rests--the Advancement of Learning , the Essays (in their first and lastversions), and the New Atlantis . It also includes sixteen other works not reprinted for over a century, which show Bacon's remarkable all-round abilities in politics, law, theology, and poetry. The selections are annotated in more detail than in any other edition, with particular emphasis onexplaining Bacon's language.
language: English
title: Francis Bacon
titlecomplete: Francis Bacon (The Oxford Authors)
genres: Philosophy
ratings_count: 14
publisher: Oxford University Press