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"It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self." -- Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount Saint Alban, KC (22 January 1561 — 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, lawyer, jurist and author. He famously died of pneumonia contracted while studying the effects of freezing on the preservation of meat. He served both as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England. Although his political career ended in disgrace, he remained extremely influential through his works, especially as philosophical advocate and practitioner of the scientific method and pioneer in the scientific revolution.

Bacon has been called the father of empiricism. His works established and popularized inductive methodologies for scientific inquiry, often called the Baconian method or simply, the scientific method. His demand for a planned procedure of investigating all things natural marked a new turn in the rhetorical and theoretical framework for science, much of which still surrounds conceptions of proper methodology today. His dedication probably led to his death so bringing him into a rare historical group of scientists who were killed by their own experiments.

Bacon was knighted in 1603, created Baron Verulam in 1618, and Viscount St Alban in 1621; as he died without heirs both peerages became extinct upon his death.

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Total Books: 973
Bacon's Essays
2018 - Bacon's Essays (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781636003917
ISBN-10: 1636003915
Genre: Education & Teaching
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The New Atlantis An Incomplete Work by Francis Bacon
The New Atlantis
2016 - The New Atlantis (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781534827103
ISBN-10: 1534827102
Genre: Politics & Social Sciences
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New Atlantis and The Great Instauration
2016 - New Atlantis and the Great Instauration [Crofts Classics] (Hardcover)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781119097983
ISBN-10: 1119097983
Genre: Politics & Social Sciences
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The Wisdom of the Ancients
2015 - The Wisdom of the Ancients (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9783849691844
ISBN-10: 3849691845
Genre: Politics & Social Sciences
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The Advancement of Learning Annotated Edition
2015 - The Advancement of Learning Annotated Edition (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9783849692070
ISBN-10: 3849692078
Genre: Politics & Social Sciences
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The Advancement of Learning
2015 - The Advancement of Learning (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781515397502
ISBN-10: 1515397505
Genre: Science & Math
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The New Organon and Related Writings
2015 - The New Organon and Related Writings (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781614277835
ISBN-10: 1614277834
Genres: Science & Math, Politics & Social Sciences
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Francis Bacon  The Essays
2013 - Francis Bacon the Essays [Chinese Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9787511333216
ISBN-10: 7511333214
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De la sabidura egosta
2012 - De La Sabidura Egosta (Other)
ISBN-13: 9788430601004
ISBN-10: 8430601007
Genre: Politics & Social Sciences
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Essays moral economical and political With a memoir of the author
Essays Moral Economical And Political
2012 - Essays Moral Economical and Political (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781278950396
ISBN-10: 1278950397
Genres: History, Literature & Fiction, Crafts, Hobbies & Home
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The Works of Francis Bacon 14 Volume Paperback Set
2011 - The Works of Francis Bacon 14 Volume Paperback Set [Cambridge Library Collection - Philosophy - English and Latin Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781108040785
ISBN-10: 1108040780
Genre: Nonfiction
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The Great Instauration
2011 - The Great Instauration (Paperback)Paperback
ISBN-13: 9781770833340
ISBN-10: 177083334X
Genres: History, Science & Math, Politics & Social Sciences
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The works of Francis Bacon
2011 - The Works of Francis Bacon (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781178615784
ISBN-10: 1178615782
Genres: History, Literature & Fiction
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Louisiana ABC 100 Works From The Collection
2011 - Louisiana Abc 100 Works From the Collection (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9788791607356
ISBN-10: 8791607353
Genre: Arts & Photography
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The Essays of Bacon
2011 - The Essays of Bacon [Chinese Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9787540224981
ISBN-10: 7540224983
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The advancement of learning Book I With notes by FG Selby
2010 - The Advancement of Learning Book I with Notes By Fg Selby (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781177305204
ISBN-10: 1177305208
Genre: History
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The essays edited with introd and notes by Clark Sutherland Northup
2010 - The Essays Edited with Introd and Notes By Clark Sutherland Northup (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781176597945
ISBN-10: 1176597949
Genre: History
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Works  Collected and Edited by James Spedding Robert Leslie Ellis and Douglas Denon Heath
2010 - Works Collected and Edited By James Spedding Robert Leslie Ellis and Douglas Denon Heath [Volume 5] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780217657259
ISBN-10: 0217657257
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The Works of Francis Bacon Lord Chancellor of England  A New Edition
2010 - The Works of Francis Bacon Lord Chancellor of England a New Edition [Volume 6] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781150634901
ISBN-10: 1150634901
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2010 - The Works [Volume 4] (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
2010 - Bacon's Novum Organum [Latin Edition] (Paperback)
2010 - Works [Volume 8] (Paperback)Paperback, Hardcover
2010 - The Essays or Counsels Civil and Moral of Francis Bacon [first Published in 1597, and as He Left Them Newly Written and Published in 1625] (Paperback)
2009 - Nuovo Organo Delle Scienze [1788 - Italian Edition] (Hardcover)Paperback
2009 - Bacon (Paperback)
2009 - Francisci Baconi V1 Opera Omnia [1730 - Latin Edition] (Paperback)
2009 - La Politique Du Chevalier Bacon [1742 - French Edition] (Paperback)Hardcover
2009 - Francis Bacon [Modern Masters] (Hardcover)
2009 - Nueva Atlantida [Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
2008 - Francis Bacon the Major Works [Oxford World's Classics] (Paperback)Paperback
2008 - Complete Essays [Dover Value Editions] (Paperback)
2007 - History of Henry VII [Hesperus Non-fiction] (Paperback)
2006 - Of Empire [Penguin Great Ideas] (Paperback)
2000 - The Instauratio Magna Last Writings [The Oxford Francis Bacon] (Hardcover)
2000 - New Atlantis [Analog Audio Spoken Cassette Tape] (Audio Cassette)
2000 - Francis Bacon the New Organon [Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy] (Hardcover)Paperback
2000 - The Essayes or Counsels Civill and Morall [The Oxford Francis Bacon] (Hardcover)
1999 - Selected Philosophical Works [Bacon - Hackett Publishing Co.] (Paperback)
1998 - Teoria Del Cielo/ Sky Theory [Coleccion Ciencias juridicas. Derecho internacional - Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
1998 - Bacon the History of the Reign of King Henry VII and Selected Works [Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought] (Hardcover)Paperback
1996 - Philosophical Studies C1611c1619 [Oxford Francis Bacon, Vol 6] (Hardcover)
1991 - Essays Bacon [Everyman's Library] (Paperback)
1987 - Rcusation Des Doctrines Philosophiques Et Autres Opuscules [Ancien prix éditeur : 26.00 € - Economisez 50 %] (Paperback)
1978 - Francis Bacon His Career and His Thought [The Arensberg Lectures, Second Series, 1957] (Hardcover)
1975 - Advancement of Learning Bk 1 [Renaissance Library] (Hardcover)
Francis Bacon a Selection of His Works [College Classics in English] (Paperback)
De Sapientia Veterum Liber [Collected Works of Sir Francis Bacon] (Hardcover)
Summi Angliae Cancellarii Instauration Magna [Collected Works of Sir Francis Bacon] (Other)
The Historie of the Raigne of King Henry the Seventh [Collected Works of Sir Francis Bacon] (Other)
Sylva Sylvarum or a Naturall Historie in Ten Centuries [Collected Works of Sir Francis Bacon] (Other)
Considerations Touching a Warre with Spaine [Collected Works of Sir Francis Bacon] (Other)
Cases of Treason [Collected Works of Sir Francis Bacon] (Other)
The Confession of Faith [Collected Works of Sir Francis Bacon] (Other)
Operum Moralium Et Civilium [Collected Works of Sir Francis Bacon] (Other)
Scripta in Naturali Et Universali Philosophia [Collected Works of Sir Francis Bacon] (Other)
The Essayes or Counsels Civill and Moral [Collected Works of Sir Francis Bacon] (Other)
The Translation of Certaine Psalmes Into English Verse [Collected Works of Sir Francis Bacon] (Other)
Philosophical Works of Francis Bacon [Library of English Renaissance Literature] (Hardcover)
Storyteller's Scrapbook [1977 Green Hardcover Printing] (Hardcover)
Francis Bacon Peintures Recentes [Reperes, cahiers d'art contemporain - French Edition] (Paperback)
Francis Bacon Peintures Recentes Galerie Lelong Paris [Reperes : cahiers d'art contemporain - French Edition] (Paperback)
Neues Organon Lateinischdeutsch [Philosophische Bibliothek - German Edition] (Other)
Istoriia Pravleniia Korolia Genrikha VII [Pamiatniki istoricheskoi mysli - Russian Edition] (Other)
La Gran Restauracion [Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
Ciudad Del Sol La [Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
A Sabedoria Dos Antigos [Em Portuguese do Brasil] (Paperback)