The Works of Francis Bacon: Philosophical Works 3

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

• ISBN13: 9781108040662
• ISBN10: 1108040667
• Edition: 1st
• 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

Philosophical Works

Works on Subjects Connected with the Instauratio, but Not Meant to Be Included in It

Preface to Part II

Cogitationes de Natura Rerum

Preface to De Fluxu et Refluxu Maris

De Fluxu et Refluxu Maris

Preface to De Principiis atque Originibus secundum Fabulas Cupidinis et Coelis

De Principiis atque Originibus etc.

New Atlantis

Magnalia Natura

Works Originally Designed for Parts of the Instauratio Magna, but Superseded or Abandoned

Preface to Part III

Cogitationes de Scientiae Humana

Preface to Valerius Terminus

Valerius Terminus

Advancement of Learning, Book I

Advancement of Learning, Book II

Filum Labyrinthi

De Interpretatione Naturae Proemium

Temporis Partus Masculus

Partis Instaurationis Secundae Delineatio et Argumentum

Redargutio Philosophiarum

Cogitata et Visa de Interpretatione Naturae

Inquisitio Legitima de Motu

Calor et Frigus

Historia Soni et Auditus

Phaenomena Universi

Preface to Descriptio Globi Intellectualis Robert Leslie Ellis

Descriptio Globi Intellectualis

Thema Coeli

De Interpretatione Naturae Sententiae XII

Aphorismi et Consilia

Physiological and medical remains

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