by Francis Bacon · Penguin UK · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780141023892
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«Of Empire» is an anthology of essays by the philosopher Francis Bacon, published by Penguin UK in paperback (112 pages, in English).
A selection of Francis Bacon's essays on power, ambition, morality and government, illustrated with the example of empires. Bacon champions observation, evidence and experiment over superstition, and analyzes human nature and the dynamics of authority, with passages on anger, marriage, money, envy and empire.
Part of the Penguin Great Ideas collection. Bacon's essays were originally published from 1597 onwards.
For a general audience interested in philosophy, political science and classic essays; also useful in university and academic settings.
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Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban was an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England under King James I. Bacon argued for the importance of natural philosophy, guided by the scientific method, and his works remained influential throughout the Scientific Revolution.
