The Advancement of Learning


  • Author: Francis Bacon
  • Englishman Francis Bacon was a talented statesman, philosopher, and essayist, dedicated to scientific and judicial study of knowledge and truth; yet, there was a time when he was accused, fined, and sentenced for taking bribes as a judge. He could often be heard trumpeting about man's right to master the natural world - and it was Bacon who coined the phrase "Knowledge is power," expressed in his most famous work, The Advancement of Knowledge. Bacon's refined ideas anticipated, among other things, aspects of John Stuart Mill's utilitarian philosophy.

  • ISBN: 9780543904423
  • ISBN: 9780543904416
  • Book details: This Elibron Classics title is a reprint of the original edition published by the Clarendon Press in Oxford, 1891. This book is in English. This book contains 430 pages.
  • Edition: Elibron Classics
  • Book ID: 10005044
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