{"product_id":"the-new-atlantis-francis-bacon-9781508935841","title":"The New Atlantis: (Francis Bacon Classics Collection)","description":"(2) I hear the former sort say that knowledge is of those things which are to be accepted of with great limitation and caution; that the aspiring to overmuch knowledge was the original temptation and sin whereupon ensued the fall of man; that knowledge hath in it somewhat of the serpent, and, therefore, where it entereth into a man it makes him swell; Scientia inflat; that Solomon gives a censure, \"That there is no end of making books, and that much reading is weariness of the flesh;\" and again in another place, \"That in spacious knowledge there is much contristation, and that he that increaseth knowledge increaseth anxiety;\" that Saint Paul gives a caveat, \"That we be not spoiled through vain philosophy;\" that experience demonstrates how learned men have been arch-heretics, how learned times have been inclined to atheism, and how the contemplation of second causes doth derogate from our dependence upon God, who is the first cause.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Francis Bacon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 150893584X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781508935841\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/18\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.53lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.37d","brand":"Francis Bacon","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45331786858751,"sku":"9781508935841","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1c26436e-90b9-4c88-b605-988d4c8d981c.jpg?v=1713970890","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-new-atlantis-francis-bacon-9781508935841","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}