This authoritative edition was originally published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode.

A utopian novel about a mythical land called Bensalem, the inhabitants live happily with the sciences. [Source : extrait de la 4e de couv.].

The Essays (1625) is a collection of writings by Francis Bacon, one of England’s most prominent philosophers and scientists whose work was central to shaping the ideals of the Renaissance and scientific revolution.

In Novum Organum, Bacon details a new system of logic he believes to be superior to the old ways of syllogism. This is now known as the Baconian method.Part of the Encyclopaedia Britannicas Great Books of the Western World set.