The Works of Francis Bacon: Philosophical Works 2

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

• ISBN13: 9781108040655
• ISBN10: 1108040659
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-11-24
• Publisher: Textstream

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

Philosophical Works

Works Published, or Designed for Publication, as Parts of the Instauratio Magna: Historia Ventorum

Preface to the Historia Ventorum

De Historia Naturali et Experimentali Monitum

Norma Historiae praesentis

Historia Ventorum

Aditus ad Titulos in proximos Quinque Menses destinatos

Fragmentum Libri Verulamiani, cui Titulus Abecedarium Naturae

Historiae Vitae et Mortis

Preface to the Historia Vitae et Mortis

Historia Vitae et Mortis

Historia Densi et Rari

Preface to the Historia Densi et Rari

Historia Densi et Rari

Inquisitio de Magnete

Topica Inquisitionis de Luce et Lumine

Sylva Sylvarum

Preface to the Sylva Sylvarum

Sylva Sylvarum

Table of the experiments

Scala Intellectus sive Filum Labyrinthis

Prodromi sive Anticipationes Philosophiae Secundae

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