Essays of Francis Bacon Classic Essays on Wisdom, Power, and Human Conduct
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Sprache:Englisch
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Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Erscheinungsdatum
03.04.2018
Verlag
Smk BooksSeitenzahl
152
Maße (L/B/H)
23,5/15,7/1,3 cm
Gewicht
381 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-1-5154-3526-6
Francis Bacon's Essays are among the great works of English prose: concise, worldly, philosophical, and sharply observant about human conduct. In brief reflections on truth, death, revenge, love, friendship, studies, ambition, travel, riches, government, religion, custom, youth, age, and many other subjects, Bacon turns public and private life into material for disciplined thought. His sentences are compressed and memorable, often moving from practical advice to moral judgement with the force of a proverb. Bacon writes as a statesman, lawyer, philosopher, court observer, and student of human motive. The essays are not abstract lectures, but acts of judgement: how people seek power, how they deceive themselves, how reputation is made, how knowledge should be used, how friendship operates, and how ambition may be governed. Their continuing authority comes from this mixture of literary style and practical intelligence. Bacon's prose joins rhetoric and philosophy in a form that helped shape the English essay as a vehicle for reflection, counsel, and worldly wisdom. This SMK edition presents a classic collection for readers interested in English literature, Renaissance prose, moral philosophy, practical wisdom, political thought, and the history of the essay. Essays of Francis Bacon remains essential not merely as a landmark of early modern writing, but as a book of observations that continue to feel direct, severe, and useful.
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