The Advancement of LearningPaul Dry Books, 1. mars 2001 - 263 sider Francis Bacon's The Advancement of Learning (1605) is considered the first major philosophical book written in English. In it, Bacon is concerned with scientific learning: the current state of knowledge, obstacles to its progress, and his own plans for revitalization of schools and universities. Here Bacon sets forth the first account of science as intended for "the relief of man's estate." |
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... Learning,in English, in 1605. He dedicated the book to the new King James, who, Bacon knew, was much more disposed to his political advancement than Elizabeth had been, and whom Bacon addressed as the most learned and philosophical ...
... Learning, with proofs, divine and human, of its dignity. (Corresponds with De Augmentis, Bk. I.) 3–57 BOOK II. (On the main subject.) Commended to kings as nursing fathers. (De Augm. ii. proef.) 61–68 Learning is twofold—Divine and ...