Francis Bacon Essays
Although his Essays �as all his other books and articles� were written in Latin, one fine translation into English remains dominant today. Yet, the translation includes archaisms: thous, thees, doths, plus intractable syntax and punctuation, causing readers to abandon the book after laboring through two or three pages. A pity, indeed! Imagine going through life ignoring this nugget of wisdom: There is no excellent beauty that has not some strangeness in the proportion. This adage seems to have influenced many a writer, to include Edgar Allan Poe, Tolstoy, Ernest Hemingway, and many others.
Our translation renders Bacon�s Essays into contemporary American English, making them easy to grasp, while preserving the author�s style.
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Our translation renders Bacon�s Essays into contemporary American English, making them easy to grasp, while preserving the author�s style.
Francis Bacon Essays
Although his Essays �as all his other books and articles� were written in Latin, one fine translation into English remains dominant today. Yet, the translation includes archaisms: thous, thees, doths, plus intractable syntax and punctuation, causing readers to abandon the book after laboring through two or three pages. A pity, indeed! Imagine going through life ignoring this nugget of wisdom: There is no excellent beauty that has not some strangeness in the proportion. This adage seems to have influenced many a writer, to include Edgar Allan Poe, Tolstoy, Ernest Hemingway, and many others.
Our translation renders Bacon�s Essays into contemporary American English, making them easy to grasp, while preserving the author�s style.
Our translation renders Bacon�s Essays into contemporary American English, making them easy to grasp, while preserving the author�s style.
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| BN ID: | 2940015720105 |
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| Publisher: | marciano guerrero |
| Publication date: | 12/10/2012 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 29 KB |
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