The essays
by Francis Bacon
- 125 Want to read
- 15 Currently reading
- 10 Have read
"Bacon's Essays have attracted an eager readership since their publication in 1625. They sum up a lifetime's observations on the whole range of human activity, by one of the keenest minds of the Renaissance. In their third and final revision Bacon designed the Essays to fill some of the gaps he had diagnosed in the study of mankind, such as the formative influences on individual behaviour of birth and temperament, of environment, social exchange, leisure, business, and politics.
Bacon's approach varies greatly from essay to essay, juxtaposing systematic analysis with brilliant apercus, in styles ranging from the detached and laconic to the passionately engaged, especially when expressing his moral beliefs."--BOOK JACKET. "This closely annotated edition is based on Brian Vickers's Oxford Authors text and includes appendices containing extracts from the Essays (1597), the Essays (1612) and 'Antitheses of Things' (1623)."--BOOK JACKET.
Check nearby libraries
Buy this book
Previews available in: English
Subjects
Aphorisms and apothegms, Classical Mythology, Early works to 1800, English essays, Good and evil, Logic, Methodology, Modern Philosophy, Renaissance Philosophy, Science, Translations into French, Translations into Italian, Translations into Latin (Medieval and Modern Latin), Utopias, Early modern, Philosophy, English literature, Fiction, Essays, Essays (single author), English essays, history and criticism, Fiction, short stories (single author), Conduct of life, Early works to 1900, Translations into Latin (Medieval and modern)Showing 11 featured editions. View all 188 editions?
| Edition | Availability |
|---|---|
01
The Essays or Counsels Civil and Moral
2005, BARNES & NOBLE BOOKS
Paperback
0760770182 9780760770184
|
cccc
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
02
The essayes or counsels, civill and morall
1985, Harvard University Press
in English
0674317408 9780674317406
|
cccc
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
03
|
aaaa
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
04
Essays.
1972, Dent
in English
- [Everyman ed. reprinted]; introduction by Michael J. Hawkins.
0460000101 9780460000109
|
eeee
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
05
Essays: or, Counsels civil and moral; Edited with introd. and notes by A.S. Gaye.
1911, Clarendon Press
|
bbbb
|
06
|
bbbb
|
07
|
bbbb
|
08
|
bbbb
Libraries near you:
WorldCat
|
09
|
bbbb
|
10
|
bbbb
|
11
|
bbbb
|
Book Details
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references.
Classifications
The Physical Object
ID Numbers
Source records
Scriblio MARC recordInternet Archive item record
Internet Archive item record
marc_openlibraries_sanfranciscopubliclibrary MARC record
Internet Archive item record
Better World Books record
Library of Congress MARC record
marc_columbia MARC record
ISBNdb
Links outside Open Library
Community Reviews (0)
Feedback?Lists
See All-
classics
from jilldarnellentel42b1
-
Essays
from Allyssa Desca
-
English
from Rebeca Sentíes
| July 16, 2024 | Edited by MARC Bot | import existing book |
| February 17, 2024 | Edited by ImportBot | import existing book |
| December 29, 2022 | Edited by MARC Bot | import existing book |
| July 11, 2022 | Edited by MARC Bot | import existing book |
| October 16, 2009 | Created by WorkBot | add works page |