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  • Published: 1 April 1986
  • ISBN: 9780141907208
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 288
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The Essays





A collection of Bacon's vibrant, intelligent essays covering subjects ranging from ambition to the vicissitude of things

One of the major political figures of his time, Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626) served in the court of Elizabeth I and ultimately became Lord Chancellor under James I in 1617. A scholar, wit, lawyer and statesman, he wrote widely on politics, philosophy and science - declaring early in his career that 'I have taken all knowledge as my province'. In this, his most famous work, he considers a diverse range of subjects, such as death and marriage, ambition and atheism, in prose that is vibrant and rich in Renaissance learning. Bacon believed that rhetoric - the force of eloquence and persuasion - could lead the mind to the pure light of reason, and his own rhetorical genius is nowhere better expressed than in these vivid essays.

  • Published: 1 April 1986
  • ISBN: 9780141907208
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 288
Categories:

Other books in the series

Emma
Persuasion
The Black Tulip
The Lady of the Camellias
On Sparta
Love
Annals
Military Dispatches

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