OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS AMEN HOUSE, E.C. 4 London Edinburgh Glasgow New York Toronto Melbourne Capetown Bombay Calcutta Madras HUMPHREY MILFORD PUBLISHER TO THE UNIVERSITY The Advancement of Learning' was first published in 1605, and 'New Atlantis' in 1627. In 'The World's Classics' they were first published together in 1906, with a preface by Thomas Case, then President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and reprinted in 1913, 1929, and 1938. 654746 PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN PREFACE LIKE all great philosophical works, the Advancement of Learning is constructed on a systematic plan, of which the analysis is as follows: BOOK I. THE DIGNITY OF LEARNING. To the King: introductory (p. 3). A. Negative part: the discredits of learning (pp. 6-40). 1. from divines (p. 6). 2. from politics (p. 11). 3. from learned men themselves (p. 18). 2) from their manners (p. 21). 3) from their studies (p. 26), including- (p. 35). or errors B. Positive part: the dignity of knowledge (pp. 4066). 1. Divine evidences (p. 40). 2. Human proofs (p. 47). BOOK II. THE SURVEY OF LEARNING. To the King: acts performed by Kings and others for the advancement of learning (p. 67). Three parts of human learning (p. 75) :— A. History (p. 76). 1. Natural. 2. Civil. |