The Advancement of Learning

Francis Bacon

• Essays
• Book language: English
• 197 pages

The Advancement of Learning is Francis Bacon's treatise on the state of knowledge and its potential for progress. Written in 1605, it surveys the sciences and learning of his time and argues for a new, empirical approach to inquiry. Listeners interested in the history of ideas will find it a foundational text in the development of modern science.

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