The Advancement of Learning

All of the writings of Sir Francis Bacon, whether his terse collection of essays or his expositions on science, have a quality that is logical and rigorous, clearly brilliant, and eminently unrelatable. Whether it's his shameless toadying to the resident monarch or his tendency to abstract simple, c......more

One of those books that I found myself re-reading whole paragraphs in order to try to more fully grasp the flow of thought. That's a good thing! It made it a challenge to get through, but I feel my time was well spent. Bacon's been referred to as a forerunner of modern philosophy and science. He cer......more

Denna bok är Bacons handledning kring fabeltolkningar. Hade den varit marginellt lättare skriven hade jag velat använda den i undervisningen; kanske borde översätta den för sakens skull.........more

This is good for it’s time, but the old language just gave me an absolute headache. This just basically takes a scientific/empirical approach to the art of rhetoric and Bacon details how rhetoric can be used to advance knowledge.......more

We are in 1605, Bacon explains to his king the methods and the effects of learning. You need to go through his pompous salutations and several quotes in Latin to learn something here. This is mainly a report, meaning that he is not demanding much brain power from his king. He even says that this tex......more