The Advancement of Learning

A 1605 philosophical treatise by Francis Bacon, presented in an 1893 Cassell edition, arguing for the dignity of learning and surveying the fields of knowledge, divine and human, to show which parts lie unimproved and merit further study.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

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Other Non-Fiction›Philosophy›Early modern philosophy, 1600 to 1780›Britain, Ireland, and America

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