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OverviewFrancis Bacon (1561-1626) was a genuine midwife of modernity. He was one of the first thinkers to visualise 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: The late Graham Rees (Research Professor, School of English and Drama, Queen Mary College, University of London)Publisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Volume: v. 12 Dimensions: Width: 14.50cm , Height: 3.50cm , Length: 22.30cm Weight: 0.837kg ISBN: 9780199265008ISBN 10: 0199265003 Pages: 586 Publication Date: 13 December 2007 Audience: College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION The Latin Natural Histories in Context The Texts and their Transmission THE TEXTS AND TRANSLATIONS Historia naturalis et experimentalis Historia ventorum Historia vitæ & mortis THE COMMENTARIES APPENDICESReviewsTellingly 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<br> 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<br> Essential reading for those trying to understand Bacon's philosophy. --The British Journal of the History of Science<br> 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)<br> 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<br> Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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