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Essays, Civil and Moral & The New Atlantis by Francis Bacon; Aeropagitica & Tractate of Education by John Milton; Religio Medici by Sir Thomas Browne: ... Shelf of Classics, Vol. III (in 51 volumes)
by Francis Bacon
John Milton
Thomas Browne
Charles W. Eliot (Editor)
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| Editorial Review |
| Author name not noted above: Sir Thomas Browne. Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name "Harvard Classics," this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as "Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf," it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf. Volume III features: • Essays or Counsels--Civil and Moral and The New Atlantis, by English scientist and philosopher SIR FRANCIS BACON (1561-1626), the former the foundational writings of his development of the scientific method, and the latter his utopian novel that influenced British notions of science as a noble endeavor. • Areopagitica and Tractate on Education, by English poet JOHN MILTON (1608-1674), respectively his tract against censorship and his ideas on educational reform; both helped modernize English society. • Religio Medici, by English polymath SIR THOMAS BROWNE (1605-1682), one of the earliest personal memoirs that, as a psychological self-evaluation, would later influence Jung. |
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| Product Details |
- Publisher: Cosimo Classics
- ISBN-10: 1-61640-054-4
- ISBN-13: 978-1-61640-054-5
- Amazon.com Sales Rank #6820551
- Published on: February 01, 2010
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 354 pages
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