The Works of Francis Bacon, Volumen5

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Cambridge University Press, 2011 M11 24 - 682 páginas
Francis Bacon (1561-1626), the English philosopher, statesman and jurist, is best known for developing the empiricist method which forms the basis of modern science. Bacon's writings concentrated on philosophy and judicial reform. His most significant work is the Instauratio Magna comprising two parts - The Advancement of Learning and the Novum Organum. The first part is noteworthy as the first major philosophical work published in English (1605). James Spedding (1808-81) and his co-editors arranged this fourteen-volume edition, published in London between 1857 and 1874, not in chronological order but by subject matter, so that different volumes would appeal to different audiences. The material is divided into three parts: philosophy and general literature; legal works; and letters, speeches and tracts relating to politics. Volume 5, published in 1858, contains the English translations of the remainder of the Instauratio Magna and his other philosophical writings.

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NATURAL AND EXPERIMENTAL HISTORY
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HISTORY OF THE WINDs _
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PREFACE To HISTORY OF HEAVY AND LIGHT
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FRAGMENT 0F ABECEDARIUM NATURE
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HISTORY OF DENsE AND RARE
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INQUIRY RESPECTING THE MAGNET
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INQUIRY RESPECTING LIGHT AND LUMINOUs MATTER
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THOUGHTS ON THE NATURE OF THINGS gig
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ON PRINCIPLES AND ORIGINS ACCORDING TO THE FABLEs OF OUPID
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DESCRIPTION OF THE INTELLECTUAL GLOBE
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INDEX
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Francis Bacon was born on October 28, 1909. He was born in Dublin, Ireland, to parents of British decent but lived with his nanny, Jessie Lightfoot, for many of his formative years. Bacon began painting in his early 20s and worked only sporadically until his mid-30s. He lived between England and Ireland for many years, earning his money by becoming an interior decorator and a designer of furniture and rugs. In 1944 he created his breakthrough oil painting entitled, Three Studies for Figures at the Base of the Crucifixion. The work is said to have been competed within the timeframe of two weeks. The painting was immediately seen as a sensation and established him as an important post-war artist. Bacon himself insisted that no retrospective of his work should include anything produced prior to 1944. Bacon was plagued with chronic asthma which developed into a respiratory condition. He died of cardiac arrest on April 28, 1992. He left his entire estate to his companion, John Edwards, who then donated the contents of Bacon's studio to the Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin.

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