{"product_id":"9781616400538","title":"Essays, Civil And Moral \u0026 The New Atlantis By Francis Bacon; Aeropagitica \u0026 Tractate Of Education By John Milton; Religio Medici By Sir Thomas Browne","description":"Author name not noted above: Sir Thomas Browne. \u003cp\u003eOriginally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name \"Harvard Classics,\" this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president. Also known as \"Dr. Eliot's Five Foot Shelf,\" it represented Eliot's belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVolume III features:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Essays or Counsels--Civil and Moral and The New Atlantis, by English scientist and philosopher SIR FRANCIS BACON (1561-1626), the former the foundational writings of his development of the scientific method, and the latter his utopian novel that influenced British notions of science as a noble endeavor.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Areopagitica and Tractate on Education, by English poet JOHN MILTON (1608-1674), respectively his tract against censorship and his ideas on educational reform; both helped modernize English society.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e• Religio Medici, by English polymath SIR THOMAS BROWNE (1605-1682), one of the earliest personal memoirs that, as a psychological self-evaluation, would later influence Jung.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cosimo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47018548363504,"sku":"9781616400538","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781616400538_p0.jpg?v=1763851810","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781616400538","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}