The Essays by Francis Bacon

The Essays

Francis Bacon

288 pages first pub 1597 (editions)

nonfiction classics essays history philosophy science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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The genius of Francis Bacon is nowhere better revealed than in his essays. Bacon's education was grounded in the classical texts of ancient Greece and Rome, but he brought vividness and color to the arid scholasticism of medieval book-learning. W...

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