Francis Bacon : the double-edged life of the philosopher and statesman /
"Francis Bacon proposed to take "all knowledge to be my province." He posed two related questions which he understood better than any other man of his time: can human beings respect and obey nature, and can they also command nature? He asked many other questions considered useless and...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | inglés |
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Jefferson, North Carolina :
McFarland & Company, Incorporated,
[2015]
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| Acceso en liña: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
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Table of Contents:
- Now somewhat ancient
- Like a child following a bird
- Not in the proportion I hoped
- The corner-stone laid
- Prospects and possibilities
- A greater place
- Lord keeper, Lord chancellor
- Still ascending
- A broken reed
- Seeking an otium
- They come home
- An experiment or two.