Philosophical studies, c. 1611-c. 1619 / Francis Bacon ; edited with introduction, notes, and commentaries by Graham Rees ; with facing-page translations by Graham Rees and Michael Edwards.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626.

Contributor:

• Rees, Graham.

Series:

• Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626. 1996 ; Works. vol. 6.
• The Oxford Francis Bacon ; 6

Standardized Title:

• Works. Selections. English & Latin. 1996

Language:

• English
• Latin

Subjects (All):

• Philosophy.
• Science.
• Science--Philosophy.

Physical Description:

cxvi, 503 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford [England] ; New York : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.

Summary:

This volume inaugurates a new critical edition of the writings of the great English philosopher Francis Bacon (1561-1626)--the first such complete edition in more than a hundred years. It contains six of Bacon's Latin scientific works, each accompanied by entirely new facing-page translations which, together with the extensive introduction and commentaries, offer fresh insights into one of the great minds of the early seventeenth century.

Contents:

• Phnomena universi
• De fluxu et refluxu maris
• Descriptio globi intellectualis
• Thema cœli
• De principiis atque originibus
• De vijs mortis.

Notes:

• English and Latin.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

019812290X

OCLC:

33132645