The Advancement of Learning
by Francis Bacon
Taste attributes: documentaryhistoricalslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticintricatelinearempowerment/personal growthsocial commentary
Boxlist takeA grounded non-fiction book that is unhurried, inventive and heavy. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.6 / 5
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About This Book
The Advancement of Learning (full title: Of the Proficience and Advancement of Learning, Divine and Human) is a 1605 book by Francis Bacon. It inspired the taxonomic structure of the highly influential Encyclopédie by Jean le Rond d'Alembert and Denis Diderot, and is credited by Bacon's biographer-essayist Catherine Drinker Bowen with being a pioneering essay in support of empirical philosophy.
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- Francis Bacon
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- 1605
- Pages
- 246
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