The Essays or Counsels Civil and Moral (Oxford World's Classics) Paperback - 1999
by Bacon, Francis
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- Title The Essays or Counsels Civil and Moral (Oxford World's Classics)
- Author Bacon, Francis
- Binding Paperback
- Edition New Edition
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 216
- Publisher Oxford University Press
- Date 1999-08
- Features Annotated
- Bookseller's Inventory # 0192838024.G
- ISBN 9780192838025
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- Chronological Period: 17th Century
- Cultural Region: British
From the rear cover
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. 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).