The Oxford Francis Bacon, Volume XII: The Instauratio Magna: Part III: Historia Naturalis and Historia Vitï¿1/2 (Pt. 3) [Hardcover]

Graham Rees (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 9, 2008 | Series: The Oxford Francis Bacon (Book 12)

Francis Bacon (1561-1626) was a genuine midwife of modernity. He was one of the first thinkers to visualize a future which would be guided by a cooperative science-based vision of bettering human welfare. In this the first critical edition of his greatest philosophical work since the nineteenth-century, we find facing-page Latin translations and a thorough and detailed Introduction to the text.

Editorial Reviews

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"Tellingly eruditethe product of thorough, painstaking, and judicious scholarshipshould serve to strengthen the vitality and visibility of the Bacon project, and fulfill the aim of all sound critical editions: to ensure that the work will not need to be redone for a very long time."--Notes and Queries

"In his introduction to and treatment of the manuscripts and published works on which his texts are based, Rees is a clear and an engaging editor. Quite simply, Rees is one of the very best guides we have to Bacon's material and speculative understanding of nature itself. Not surprisingly, the editor's knowledge of Bacon's philosophical lexicon strengthens his translations of the Latin in the facing-page English."--Sixteenth Century Journal

"Essential reading for those trying to understand Bacon's philosophy."--The British Journal of the History of Science

"There can be little doubt that Graham Rees's accurate and accessible editions of Bacon's writings will speak volumes to many succeeding generations of historians of early modern science and philosophy, and provide the securest possible foundation for any new historiographies of Bacon."--The British Journal for the History of Science (BJHS)

"The Oxford FrancisBacon includes a great deal of new information concerning the history of the transmission of Bacon's texts, thanks to the progress made in Bacon scholarship I cannot imagine a scholar who would not give preference to the convenience and complexity of the new Bacon volumes."--Acta Comeniana

Product Details

• Hardcover: 500 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (February 9, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0199265003
• ISBN-13: 978-0199265008
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,502,843 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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