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Quotation from The Advancement of Learning by Francis Bacon
“these Georgics of the mind, concerning the husbandry and tillage thereof”
The Advancement of Learning, Book II, XX.3 (Henry Morley ed. (1893), Project Gutenberg #5500)
Bacon's name for the practical side of moral philosophy, the cultivation of character, which he says has been neglected.
Citation: "these Georgics of the mind, concerning the husbandry and tillage thereof" — Francis Bacon, The Advancement of Learning, Book II, XX.3 (Henry Morley ed. (1893), Project Gutenberg #5500). (id bacon-advancement-of-learning-q9)
