{"product_id":"the-essays-by-francis-bacon-9780140432169","title":"The Essays","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA collection of Bacon's vibrant, intelligent essays covering subjects ranging from ambition to the vicissitude of things.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne of the major political figures of his time, Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626) served in the court of Elizabeth I and ultimately became Lord Chancellor under James I in 1617. A scholar, wit, lawyer and statesman, he wrote widely on politics, philosophy, and science—declaring early in his career that 'I have taken all knowledge as my province'.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this, his most famous work, \u003cem\u003eThe Essays\u003c\/em\u003e, he considers a diverse range of subjects, such as death and marriage, ambition and atheism, in prose that is vibrant and rich in Renaissance learning. Bacon believed that rhetoric—the force of eloquence and persuasion—could lead the mind to the pure light of reason, and his own rhetorical genius is nowhere better expressed than in these vivid essays.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46533023301868,"sku":"9780140432169","price":27.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/27209463482237.jpg?v=1749359802","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/products\/the-essays-by-francis-bacon-9780140432169","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}