Books
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Bacon’s Advancement of Learning
I was able to spend some time today with a 1640 edition and translation of Francis Bacon’s Advancement of Learning. Bacon has been fascinating me for some time, mainly because I know that he was important, but whenever I read him, I could not see why. His writing seems pedantic, long-winded, and nearly vacuous. He… Continue reading
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Pierre Bayle, Historical and Critical Dictionary
I spent an hour today with a 1734 English translation of Pierre Bayle’s Dictionnaire Historique et Critique. It is really a multi-volume encyclopedia, ostensibly covering both known and obscure topics found treated in the history of ancient texts, but in fact Bayle sneaks in commentary on religious and philosophical controversies of his own day. It’s… Continue reading
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