{"id":97,"date":"2016-07-23T07:04:59","date_gmt":"2016-07-23T07:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yuvarevolution.org\/kitaabganj\/?p=97"},"modified":"2016-08-10T13:18:20","modified_gmt":"2016-08-10T13:18:20","slug":"essays-francis-bacon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/yuvarevolution.org\/kitabganj\/essays-francis-bacon\/","title":{"rendered":"The Essays &#8211; Francis Bacon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span id=\"freeText11538447211142061794\">One 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 &#8211; declaring early in his career that &#8216;I have taken all knowledge as my province&#8217;. In this, his most famous work, 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 &#8211; the force of eloquence and persuasion &#8211; could lead the mind to the pure light of reason, and his own rhetorical genius is nowhere better expressed than in these vivid essays.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>(Image and details source &#8211; www.goodreads.com and wikipedia)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One 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. 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