The Advancement of LearningFrancis Bacon's The Advancement of Learning (1605) is considered the first major philosophical book written in English. In it, Bacon is concerned with scientific learning: the current state of knowledge, obstacles to its progress, and his own plans for revitalization of schools and universities. Here Bacon sets forth the first account of science as intended for "the relief of man's estate." |
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... Civil . 72 Memorials . 72 Antiquities . 72 Perfect History . 72 Chronicles . 73 Ancient . 73 Modern . 74 Lives . 75 Narrations . 76 Annals . 76 Cosmography . 77 Ecclesiastical . 78 Of the Church . Of Prophecy . Of Providence . Literary ...
... civil estate there appeareth to be an emulation and con- tention of your Majesty's virtue with your fortune ; a virtuous dispo- sition with a fortunate regiment ; a virtuous expectation ( when time was ) of your greater fortune , with a ...
... civil life, for safety, liberty, pleasure, and dignity, or at least freedom from indignity, as no man handleth it but handleth it well; such a consonancy it hath to men's conceits in the expressing, and to men's consents in the allowing ...
... civil occasions , of conference , counsel , persuasion , discourse , or the like , then shall he find it prepared to his hands in those authors which write in that man- ner . But the excess of this is so justly contemptible that as ...
... civil society and action : howbeit , I do not mean , when I speak of use and action , that end before - mentioned of the applying of knowl- edge to lucre and profession ; for I am not ignorant how much that di- verteth and interrupteth ...