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Name: Essays
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Author: Francis Bacon

Published originally in 1625 and revised in later editions, Bacon’s *Essays* present a wide-ranging study of humanity. He examines how factors like birth, temperament, environment, social interactions, leisure, commerce, and politics shape individual conduct. The collection varies in style—from detached, laconic analysis to passionate moral discourse—and reflects Bacon’s broader efforts to fill gaps in the understanding of human life. This edition, closely annotated after Brian Vickers's Oxford Authors text, includes extracts from earlier iterations of the Essays as well as from the Antitheses of Things.

First publish date: 1618

Genre: Philosophy/Ethics

Authors: Francis Bacon

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