{"product_id":"the-essays-francis-bacon-9780140432169","title":"The Essays","description":"The genius of Francis Bacon is nowhere better revealed than in his essays. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Bacon's education was grounded in the classical texts of ancient Greece and Rome, but he brought vividness and color to the arid scholasticism of medieval book-learning. Whatever their subject, whether it is something as personal as \"Friendship\" or as abstract as \"Truth,\" the essays combine a mixture of rhetoric and philosophy; and are perhaps the most complete and rounded examples of Bacon's literary style. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Rather than merely summarizing popular philosophy or producing glib expositions of correct conduct, Bacon attempted to change the shape of the other men's minds. He believed rhetoric, as the force eloquence and persuasion, could incline the mind towards the pure light of reason.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Francis Bacon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0140432167\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780140432169\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/07\/1986\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.79h x 5.07w x 0.67d","brand":"Francis Bacon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43994744946943,"sku":"9780140432169","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f4faf867-6d25-460a-8953-9c6f119df249.jpg?v=1683331937","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-essays-francis-bacon-9780140432169","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}