One of the major political figures of his time, Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626) served in the court of Elizabeth I and ultimately became Lord Chancellor under James I in 1617. A scholar, wit, lawyer and statesman, he wrote widely on politics, philosophy and science – declaring early in his career that ‘I have taken all knowledge as my province’. In this, his most famous work, he considers a diverse range of subjects, such as death and marriage, ambition and atheism, in prose that is vibrant and rich in Renaissance learning. Bacon believed that rhetoric – the force of eloquence and persuasion – could lead the mind to the pure light of reason, and his own rhetorical genius is nowhere better expressed than in these vivid essays.
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语言 英语 ● 格式 EPUB ● 网页 288 ● ISBN 9780141907208 ● 出版者 Penguin Books Ltd ● 发布时间 1985 ● 下载 6 时 ● 货币 EUR ● ID 2268503 ● 复制保护 Adobe DRM
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