Essays Civil and Moral & the New Atlantis by Francis Bacon; Aeropagitica & Tractate of Education by John Milton; Religio Medici by Sir Thomas Browne: 3 (Five Foot Shelf of Classics)

Author name not noted above: Sir Thomas Browne Originally 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 Universitys longest-serving president. Also known as Dr. Eliots Five Foot Shelf it represented Eliots belief that a basic liberal education could be gleaned by reading from an anthology of works that could fit on five feet of bookshelf. Volume III features: - 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. - 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. - 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.