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Francis Bacon was an English philosopher and scientist who served as both the Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England.  Bacon was the main figure behind the theory of empiricism which states that knowledge comes primarily from sensory experience.  This edition of The New Organon includes a table of contents.

Francis Bacon's «New Organon», published in 1620, was revolutionary in its attempt to give formal philosophical shape to a new and rapidly emerging experimental science. It challenged the entire edifice of the philosophy and learning of Bacon's time, and left its mark on all subsequent discussions of scientific method.

Usually told from the perspective of the victims, the Salem Witch Trials are a forever story. The vestiges of a particular strain of American social hysteria remain with us even today. In Crane Pond, Richard Francis reveals a side of the history that is not often recounted, as he skillfully constructs...

Did the 16th-century Reformation influence French language and culture? This book, the fullest available bibliography of religious printing in French during the early Reformation, provides the materials to answer this question. It assembles information on all known printed editions in French on religious...

The Islands of Dream Speak must be the first book to have all the different schools of thought and disciplines coming together under one roof. Reading all the diverse views and theories, and the varied testimonials and insights of those who came to experience the sites, give us a different perspective...

What characterizes our era? Cults, quacks, gurus, irrational panics, moral confusion and an epidemic of mumbo-jumbo, that's what. In How Mumbo-Jumbo Conquered the World, Francis Wheen brilliantly laments the extraordinary rise of superstition, relativism and emotional hysteria. From Middle Eastern...

This is a book filled with inspirational questions. This book will motivate you and make you think about your past, future, character, your relationship with others and your career path. The questions in this book will not only energize you, but will also help you to discern your deepest motives and...

This is the first play in a series entitled the Ostraka Plays which delve into the grotesque; the mysterious; and the bizarre. In Unearth, an unknown alien planet is visited by a small archaeological team tasked to uncover its fate. The litter of a once vast civilisation lies everywhere while above...

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...

Contents: 1. Essays, Civil and Moral, and New Atlantis, by Francis Bacon 2. Areopagitica and Tractate of Education, by John Milton 3. Religio Medici, by Sir Thomas Browne Also available: The Complete Harvard Classics Collection (51 Volumes + The Harvard Classic Shelf Of Fiction) 50 Masterpieces You Have To Read Before You Die

In 1623 Sir Francis Bacon expressed his aspirations and ideals in The New Atlantis. Released in 1627, this utopian novel was his creation of an ideal land where "generosity and enlightenment, dignity and splendor, piety and public spirit" were the commonly held qualities of the inhabitants of Bensalem....

This richly annotated second edition of the now-classic pairing of Bacon’s masterpieces, New Atlantis and The Great Instauration features the addition of other works by Bacon, including “The Idols of the Mind,” Of Unity in Religion” and “Of the True Greatness of Kingdoms and Estates,”...

Francis Bacon was an English philosopher and scientist who served as both the Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England.  Bacon was the main figure behind the theory of empiricism which states that knowledge comes primarily from sensory experience.  This edition of Valerius Terminus: Of the Interpretation of Nature includes a table of contents.

Francis Bacon’s landmark writings on subjects ranging from anger and ambition, marriage and money, to envy and empire established him as the founding father of modern scientific thinking, with his rejection of superstition and his emphasis on proof and experiment, rational enquiry and reasoned argument. Writings...