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Francis Bacon
The Wisdom of the Ancients [EPUB ebook]

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Bacon published this interesting little work in 1609. It contains thirty-one fables abounding with a union of deep thought and poetic beauty. In most fables he explains the common but erroneous supposition that knowledge and the conformity of the will, knowing and acting, are convertible terms.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 142 ● ISBN 9783849648503 ● File size 0.2 MB ● Publisher Jazzybee Verlag ● City Altenmünster ● Country DE ● Published 2016 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 5096616 ● Copy protection Social DRM

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