Brief Lives: Together With, an Apparatus for the Lives of Our English Mathematical Writers ; and, the Life of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury

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With deft, picturesque prose, Aubrey presents biographical sketches for an intriguing and colorful parade of statesmen, poets, philosophers, and scientists, including Walter Raleigh, Francis Bacon, William Shakespeare, John Milton, Thomas Hobbes, and Rene Descartes, as well as a host of lesser known but equally fascinating figures.

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