The Advancement of Learning (Volume 1) - Tapa blanda

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Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1898. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... NOTES. [N.B.--The letters E., J. S., and W. show that the notes to which they are appended are borrowed from Mr. Ellis, Mr. Spedding, and Mr. Wright, to all of whom I am much indebted. The references to Bk. 2 are to my own edition. ] Pages 1-4. Dedication to the king. By the law of Moses there were certain daily sacrifices which every Jew was obliged to offer to God; but, besides these, pious individuals might make voluntary offerings according to their ability. In like manner subjects may make voluntary offerings to their sovereign, over and above the services which they owe to him as subjects. Considering the largeness of the king's intellect, his eloquence, and above all, his great learning, Bacon thinks that he cannot ofer him a more appropriate present than a book which shall set forth the dignity of learning, and shall contain an account of what has been already done, and what still remains to be done, for the advancement of learning. Such a book will serve as a perpetual testimony to the merits of the king, and the perusal of it will, Bacon hopes, incite the king to take such measures as, in his wisdom, he shall think most fit to promote learning. James's flatterers used to call him the British Solomon. He was a bad king and wanted the qualities which make a man successful in action; but he was a man of great natural sagacity, and was eminent for his learning even amongst the learned men of his time. Macaulay talks of him as "a witty and well-read scholar," and Lingard praises his ' quickness of apprehension and soundness of judgment, though he censures him for his self-sufficiency and affectation. Besides the Basilicon Doron James wrote a book on the True Law of Free Monarchy, and also a treatise on Damonoloqy, in which he claimed to have demonstrated the ex...