Description
| Product ID: | 9780140432169 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Essays |
| Authors: | Author: Francis Bacon |
| Page Count: | 288 |
| Subjects: | Literary essays, Literary essays |
| Description: | Discusses truth, death, revenge, adversity, envy, marriage, love, goodness, superstition, friendship, ambition, aging, beauty, gardens and honour. One of the major political figures of his time, Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626) served in the court of Elizabeth I and ultimately became Lord Chancellor under James I in 1617. A scholar, wit, lawyer and statesman, he wrote widely on politics, philosophy and science - declaring early in his career that ''I have taken all knowledge as my province''. In this, his most famous work, he considers a diverse range of subjects, such as death and marriage, ambition and atheism, in prose that is vibrant and rich in Renaissance learning. Bacon believed that rhetoric - the force of eloquence and persuasion - could lead the mind to the pure light of reason, and his own rhetorical genius is nowhere better expressed than in these vivid essays. |
| Imprint Name: | Penguin Classics |
| Publisher Name: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 1985-08-29 |
