Of Empire Book

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves—and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war, and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked, and comforted. They have enriched lives—and destroyed them. We are publishing twelve works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals, and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization over the course of the last millennium and helped make us who we are.

Francis Bacon, OF EMPIRE: Francis Bacon's landmark writings on subjects ranging from anger and ambition, marriage and money, to envy and empire established him as the founding father of modern scientific thinking, with his rejection of superstition and his emphasis on proof and experiment, rational enquiry and reasoned argument.