The Project Gutenberg eBook of Bacon’s Essays, by Bacon.
Buy Bacon's Essays and Wisdom of the Ancients by Bacon, Francis (ISBN: 9781110339990) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.Bacon's essays and Wisdom of the ancients book. Read reviews from world’s largest community for readers. This work has been selected by scholars as being.Additional Physical Format: Online version: Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626. Bacon's essays and Wisdom of the ancients. Boston, Little, Brown, and company, 1884.
The Wisdom of the Ancients is a book written by Bacon in 1609, and published in Latin, in which he claims playfully to unveil the hidden meanings and teachings behind ancient Greek fables. The book opens with two dedications: one to the Earl of Salisbury, the other to the University of Cambridge. This is followed by a detailed Preface, in which Bacon explains how ancient wisdom is contained.COVID-19 Resources. Reliable information about the coronavirus (COVID-19) is available from the World Health Organization (current situation, international travel).Numerous and frequently-updated resource results are available from this WorldCat.org search.OCLC’s WebJunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus.
Bacon’s Wisdom of the Ancients is perhaps his most acroamatic work. The very fact that it was once presented frequently in translations, at the end of popular editions of the essays, indicates that it was once regarded as a book for schoolboys. If great philosophers write books for schoolboys, esoteric or what Bacon prefers to call “acroamatic” writing is usually indicated. The work.
