Ф.Бэкон. Сочинения в 2 томах (комплект из 2 книг)

The first volume of the works of Francis Bacon includes one of the main works of the outstanding English materialist - "On the Dignity and Multiplication of the Sciences", in which he promotes scientific knowledge, develops a classification of sciences and their methodology, and criticizes superstition and scholasticism.

The second volume of the edition includes Bacon's most famous work, The New Organon, in which he gives a critique of scholastic logic and a detailed exposition of his inductive method. The volume also contains the essay "Preparation for natural and experimental history ..." (not included in the first edition), the treatises "On the Wisdom of the Ancients", "On the Beginnings and Sources ...", which express Bacon's peculiar attitude to the ancient philosophical tradition and mythology, and , finally, the famous "Experiences and Instructions ..." and the utopia "New Atlantis".