The Advancement of Learning: A Reproduction of the Copy in the British Library Owned by Charles I Oxford 1640

Francis Bacon

ISBN 10: 185297012X / ISBN 13: 9781852970123

Editore: Archival Facsimiles Limited, Norfolk, England, 1987

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Firmly bound, blue cloth boards without a jacket. Facsimile of an edition published in Oxford in 1640.

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• Titolo: The Advancement of Learning: A Reproduction of the Copy in the British Library Owned by Charles I Oxford 1640
• Editore: Archival Facsimiles Limited, Norfolk, England
• Data di pubblicazione: 1987
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 185297012X
• ISBN 13: 9781852970123
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Edizione: Reprint
• Condizione: Very Good

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This seminal philosophical treatise, originally penned in 1605 and considered the first major philosophical work written in English, also offers the first description of science as a tool to improve the human condition. This breakthrough work of the English Renaissance hailed new times and new possibilities for the human species. Bacon catalogues the current state of learning, the obstacles to its progress, and his own plans for its revitalisation. This facsimile makes available a work that has significantly defined the modern era. The Advancement of Learning was the personal property of Charles I and contains the King's own additions to many of bacon's bried pithy sayings. The initialled'Dum spiro spero' in this book is considered to be a forgery