Books like The advancement of learning
The advancement of learning by Francis Bacon reads as philosophical, analytical. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.
Novum organum
Francis Bacon · 1620
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74% genome match
Pliny
Pliny the Elder · 1938
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69% genome match
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Cicero · 1493
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69% genome match
A Vindication of Rights of Woman
Mary Wollstonecraft · 1792
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69% genome match
A dictionary of the English language
Samuel Johnson · 1747
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Les provinciales
Blaise Pascal · 1656
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69% genome match
Culture and anarchy; an essay in political and social criticism
Matthew Arnold · 1869
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Walden
Henry David Thoreau · 1854
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Confessions
Augustine of Hippo · 1482
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Cosmos
Alexander von Humboldt · 1845
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Essais
Montaigne, Michel de · 1600
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The botanic garden
Erasmus Darwin · 1700
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69% genome match
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