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Superstitions & Folk Belief

The Essayes or Counsels, Civill and Morall

by Francis Bacon

The final enlarged edition of Bacon's essays, short reflections on public and private life. Essays such as 'Of Envy', 'Of Superstition' and 'Of Prophecies' show how a pioneer of experimental philosophy weighed popular belief.

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