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De Augmentis Scientiarum

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De Augmentis Scientiarum is a 1623 work by Francis Bacon, serving as an expanded, Latinized version of his earlier Advancement of Learning. This book presents a comprehensive classification of human knowledge, dividing it among memory (history), imagination (poesy), and reason (philosophy). Bacon's ambitious plan was part of his larger, unfinished work, Instauratio Magna (The Great Instauration), which aimed to reform the sciences. The De Augmentis Scientiarum laid the groundwork by charting the fields of knowledge, while Bacon's Novum Organum, published earlier, detailed his method for acquiring this knowledge.12

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