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"Bacon's Essays have attracted an eager readership since their publication in 1625. They sum up a lifetime's observations on the whole range of human activity, by one of the keenest minds of the Renaissance. In their third and final revision Bacon designed the Essays to fill some of the gaps he had diagnosed in the study of mankind, such as the formative influences on individual behaviour of birth and temperament, of environment, social exchange, leisure, business, and politics. Bacon's approach varies greatly from essay to essay, juxtaposing systematic analysis with brilliant apercus, in…
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29 editions · 4 languages- Paperback · English · 2007IndyPublish · 172 pages · 9781435339354
- Hardcover · English · 2007IndyPublish · 172 pages · 9781435369443
- Paperback · English · 2007Cosimo Classics · 156 pages · 9781602060760
- Hardcover · English · 2006IndyPublish · 172 pages · 9781428023116
- Paperback · English · 2006The EssaysDodo Press · 160 pages · 9781406503814
- Hardcover · English · 2005IndyPublish.com · 172 pages · 9781421906225
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