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The Physical and Metaphysical Works of Lord Bacon: Including the Advancement of Learning and Novum Organum (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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The version of the Novwm Orgamwm contained in this volume is that by Wood, which is the best extant. The present edition of this immortal work has beenenriched with an ample commentary, in which the remarks of the two.
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