ABSTRACT
First published in 1905, this reissued edition of The Philosophical Works of Francis Bacon is an edited collection based upon the definitive seven volume edition of 1857, translated and prefaced by Robert Leslie Ellis and James Spedding.
Of great historical, philosophical and scientific interest, this collection brings together translations of Bacon’s most important works, including the Novum Organum, the De Augmentis Scientarium, the Parasceve, and the De Principiis atque Originibus, as well as works originally written in English, such as the Valerius Terminus and the Filum Labyrinthi. The reissue offers a comprehensive and provocative collection of the key writings of the man we now consider to be the father of Empiricism who popularised inductive methodologies for scientific inquiry. All works include prefaces by Robert Leslie Ellis and James Spedding, and the collection includes an introductory note from the editor John M. Robertson.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |138 pages
The two Books of Francis Bacon of the Proficience and Advancement of Learning Divine and Human
part |29 pages
Valerius Terminus
part |35 pages
Filum Labyrinthi, Sive Formula Inquisitionis
part |15 pages
The Great Instauration
part |132 pages
The Second Part Of The Work, Which Is Called The New Organon; Or, True Directions Concerning The Interpretation Of Nature.
part |25 pages
Preparative Towards A Natural And Experimental History 1
chapter |7 pages
Translation Of The Parasceve.
part |226 pages
Of The Dignity And Advancement Of Learning 1
part |31 pages
On Principles And Origins According To The Fables Of Cupid And Coelum, Etc.
part |33 pages
A Description Of The Intellectual Globe.
part |30 pages
Theory Of The Earth.
part |82 pages
Essays Or Counsels Civil And Moral
part |44 pages
Of The Wisdom Of The Ancients
part |41 pages
Apophthegms New And Old.