Philosophical Studies c.1611-c.1619 [Hardcover]

This volume inaugurates a new critical edition of the writings of the great English philosopher Francis Bacon (1561-1626)--the first such complete edition in more than a hundred years. It contains six of Bacon's Latin scientific works, each accompanied by entirely new facing-page translations which, together with the extensive introduction and commentaries, offer fresh insights into one of the great minds of the early seventeenth century.

Rees expertly discusses text and provenance but is most notable for his grasp of Bacon's peculiar scientific ideas. --Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900