The Works Of Francis Bacon - Volume 2

The Works of Francis Bacon is a fourteen-volume set of writings by the English philosopher, statesman, and jurist Francis Bacon. The first part of the set, The Advancement of Learning, was published in 1605. The second part, The Novum Organum, was published in 1620. The third part, The Instauratio Magna, was published in 1628. The set is divided into three parts: philosophy and general literature; legal works; and letters, speeches, and tracts pertaining to politics. Volume 2 of the set, published in 1857, contains writings intended to be included as part of The Instauratio Magna.

Francis Bacon (1561-1626), the English philosopher, statesman and jurist, is best known for developing the empiricist method which forms the basis of modern science. Bacon's writings concentrated on philosophy and judicial reform. His most significant work is the Instauratio Magna comprising two parts - The Advancement of Learning and the Novum Organum. The first part is noteworthy as the first major philosophical work published in English (1605). James Spedding (1808-81) and his co-editors arranged this fourteen-volume edition, published in London between 1857 and 1874, not in chronological order but by subject matter, so that different volumes would appeal to different audiences. The material is divided into three parts: philosophy and general literature; legal works; and letters, speeches and tracts relating to politics. Volume 2, published in 1857, continues part 1 of Bacon's Latin writings intended to be included as part of the Instauratio Magna.