Lord Bacon's Essays Author:Francis Bacon Subtitle: With a Sketch of His Life and Character, Reviews of His Philosophical Writings, Critical Estimates of His Essays, Analysis, Notes, and Queries for Students, and Select Portions of the Ànnotations ?of Archbishop Whately General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1867 Original Publisher: A. S. Barnes Subjects: Li... more »terary Collections / Essays Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: BACON'S PHILOSOPHICAL WRITINGS. It does not fall within the scope of the present work to present a full and critical account of these writings, and yet a general notice of them cannot be omitted. The subject has its difficulties, and, to be fully understood, prolonged and careful study must be employed. Some of the best writers differ greatly in their views and estimates; for example, Prof. Kuno Fischer of Heidelberg (in the Philosophy and Times of Bacon), and Mr. Macauley, in his famous Review of Montagu's Edition of Bacon's Works. It must be conceded, that, in the latter, great injustice has been done to the ancient philosophy, and that a far less discriminating and reliable analysis has been given of the Baconian philosophy than may be found in ' Hallam's Literature,' Vol. II, and yet it is a most fascinating production, and an extract will be given hereafter in praise of the grandeur of Bacon's intellect as displayed therein. Hallam, after speaking of the favorable reception which Bacon's philosophical writings, immediately after their publication, met with on the continent among scientific men, expresses a doubt whether he was adequately valued by his countrymen in his own time, or in the immediately subsequent period, and then adds: -- " Under the first Stuarts, there was but little taste among stu...« less