The Essays
Book formats
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Book short specifications
- Author
- Francis Bacon, John Pitcher
- Pages
- 288
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Language
- english
- Release date
- August 29, 1985
- ISBN
- 978-0-14-043216-9
- GTIN
- 9780140432169
- Weight, g
- 213
About
One of the major political figures of his time, Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626) served in the court of Elizabeth I and ultimately became Lord Chancellor under James I in 1617. A scholar, wit, lawyer and statesman, he wrote widely on politics, philosophy and science — declaring early in his career that 'I have taken all knowledge as my province'. In this, his most famous work, he considers a diverse range of subjects, such as death and marriage, ambition and atheism, in prose that is vibrant and rich in Renaissance learning. Bacon believed that rhetoric — the force of eloquence and persuasion — could lead the mind to the pure light of reason, and his own rhetorical genius is nowhere better expressed than in these vivid essays.