The Works of Francis Bacon

by Bacon, Francis; Spedding, James; Ellis, Robert Leslie; Heath, Douglas Denon

• ISBN13: 9781108040709
• ISBN10: 1108040705
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-11-24
• Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

Summary

Francis Bacon (1561-1626), the English philosopher, statesman and jurist, is best known for developing the empiricist method which forms the basis of modern science. Bacon's writings concentrated on philosophy and judicial reform. His most significant work is the Instauratio Magna comprising two parts - The Advancement of Learning and the Novum Organum. The first part is noteworthy as the first major philosophical work published in English (1605). James Spedding (1808-81) and his co-editors arranged this fourteen-volume edition, published in London between 1857 and 1874, not in chronological order but by subject matter, so that different volumes would appeal to different audiences. The material is divided into three parts: philosophy and general literature; legal works; and letters, speeches and tracts relating to politics. Volume 5, published in 1858, contains the English translations of the remainder of the Instauratio Magna and his other philosophical writings.

Table of Contents

Literary Works continued: Advertisement touching a Holy War

Of the true Greatness of Britain

Colours of Good and Evil

Letter and Discourse to Sir Henry Savill, touching Helps for the Intellectual Powers

Short Notes for Civil Conversation

Apophthegms: Editor's preface

Apophthegms new and old, as originally published in 1625

Apophthegms from the Resuscitatio, Ed. 1661

Apophthegms published by Tenison in the Baconiana

Some additional Apophthegms selected from a common-place Book of Dr. Rawley's

Spurious Apophthegms

Promus of Formularies and Elegancies

Religious Writings: Confession of Faith

Meditationes Sacrae

Prayers

Translation of certain Psalms into English Verse

Appendix to the Religious Writings - Christian Paradoxes

Professional Works: General preface to the Professional Works

Maxims of the Law

Reading on the Statute of Uses

Use of the Law

Discourse upon the Commission of Bridewell

Arguments of Law: Case of Impeachment of Waste

Lowe's Case of Tenures

Case of Revocation of Uses

Jurisdiction of the Council of the Marches

Chudleigh's Case

Case of the Post Nati of Scotland

Case De non procedendo Rege inconsulto

Preparation for the Union of Laws

Answers to Questions touching the Office of Constables

Ordinances in Chancery

Appendix

Index

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