Novum Organum
Full title: Novum organum scientiarum
The Dial's edition: 1660
The manifesto of inductive reasoning and experimental philosophy—Bacon's 'new instrument' for the advancement of learning beyond Aristotelian syllogism.
Aristotle
Roger Bacon
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Francis Bacon(1561–1626)
English statesman and philosopher who argued for a new, systematic approach to knowledge grounded in observation and experiment, laying key foundations for modern scientific method. His works helped reshape early modern philosophy and natural inquiry.
Read by Emerson (see Emerson's Reading), Thoreau (see Thoreau's Reading & Library) & Alcott (see Alcott's Library)
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Wisdom of the Ancients
Full title: The essays, or, Counsels, civil and moral : and Wisdom of the ancients of Francis, Lord Verulam
The Dial's edition: 1836
Bacon's allegorical readings of classical myths as hidden natural and moral philosophy—a text that bridges esoteric interpretation and the new science.
