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The Wisdom of the Ancients
The Wisdom of the Ancients – Sir Francis Bacon Bacon published this interesting little work in 1609. It contains thirty-one fables abounding with a union of deep thought and poetic beauty. In most fables he explains the common but erroneous supposition that knowledge and the conformity of the will, knowing and acting, are convertible terms. […]
Ideal Commonwealths
Ideal Commonwealths – Henry Morley In “Ideal Commonwealths” Professor Henry Morley offers a selection of the most known writings on this topic, as well as his own reflections. Included are Plutarch’s Lycurgus, More’s Utopia, Bacon’s New Atlantis, Campanella’s City of the sun and a fragment of Hall’s Mundus alter et ide. Format: Paperback Ideal Commonwealths. […]
The New Atlantis
The New Atlantis – Sir Francis Bacon The ‚New Atlantis‘, first published in 1627, but probably written between 1622 and 1624, is a fragmentary sketch of an ideal commonwealth, and in particular of an ideal „palace of invention“ called „Solomon’s House,“—a great establishment of scientific research such as Bacon longed to see founded. The book, […]
Essays
Essays – Sir Francis Bacon Of Bacon’s literary, as distinct from his philosophical and professional, works, far the most popular and important are the ‚Essays.‘ But it may not be superfluous to remark that the ‚Essays‘ are the most original of all Bacon’s works, those which, in detail, he seems to have thought out most […]
Novum Organum
Novum Organum – Sir Francis Bacon The ‚Novum Organum,‘ in the shape in which its author left it, is only a fragment of the larger work which Bacon contemplated under that title, as adequately representing the second part of the ‚Great Instauration.‘ Nevertheless, though only a fragment, the ‚Novum Organum,‘ and especially the first book, […]
The Advancement of Learning
The Advancement of Learning – Sir Francis Bacon The Advancement of Learning is a splendid attempt to defend and magnify the pursuit of learning and then to survey the existing state of human knowledge. Part of the argument of the first part has lost its cogency, or even its relevancy, today. But in breadth of […]
Meteorology
Meteorology – Aristotle Meteorology is an essential part of the Corpus Aristotelicum and belongs to the section of Physics. The treatise is divided into four books and covers subjects like the four elements, the atmosphere, geology, hydrography and more. Meteorology. ISBN: 9783849692858 Available at amazon.com and other venues. Biography of Aristotle (from Wikipedia): Aristotle […]
Politics
Politics – Aristotle Politics is Aristotle’s most known work on political philosophy. The treatise is the logical sequel to the Nicomachean Ethics, as both works deal with the „philosophy of human affairs.“ The whole treatise consists of eight books and chapters about constitutions, democracy, oligarchy, citizenships, states and political theories. Politics. ISBN: 9783849692841 Available at […]
The Nicomachean Ethics
The Nicomachean Ethics – Aristotle The Nicomachean Ethics is Aristotle’s best-known work on this subject. It consists of ten books and is based on notes from his lectures at the Lyceum. The theme of the work is the Socratic question of how men should best live. Before Socrates, philosophy was merely theoretical. This changed dramatically […]
The Constitution of Athens
The Constitution of Athens – Aristotle The Constitution of Athens is a thorough description of the political system of that ancient state. The treatise was composed between 330 and 322 BC and consists of two parts. The first part deals with the different forms of the constitution, the second part describes the city’s institutions, including […]