Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients
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In the early part of the year 1597, Lord Bacon’s first publication appeared. It is a small 12mo. volume, entitled “Essayes, Religious Meditations, Places of Perswasion and Disswasion.” It is dedicated“To M. Anthony Bacon, his deare Brother.“Louing and beloued Brother, I doe nowe like some that have an Orcharde ill Neighbored, that gather their Fruit before it is ripe, to preuent stealing. These Fragments of my Conceites were going to print, To labour the staie of them had bin troublesome, and subiect to interpretation; to let them passe had beene to aduenture the wrong they mought receiue by v...
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- BACON’S ESSAYS AND WISDOM OF THE ANCIENTS
- ADVERTISEMENT.
- CONTENTS.
- APPENDIX TO ESSAYS.
- THE WISDOM OF THE ANCIENTS; A SERIES OF MYTHOLOGICAL FABLES.
- PREFACE.
- WISDOM OF THE ANCIENTS.
- NOTICE OF FRANCIS BACON.
- ESSAYS.
- ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING.
- DE SAPIENTIA VETERUM.
- INSTAURATIO MAGNA.
- LIFE OF HENRY VII.
- LETTERS.
- MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS.
- ESSAYS.
- I.—OF TRUTH.
- II.—OF DEATH.53
- III.—OF UNITY IN RELIGION.
- IV.—OF REVENGE.
- V.—OF ADVERSITY.
- VI.—OF SIMULATION AND DISSIMULATION.
- VII.—OF PARENTS AND CHILDREN.
- VIII.—OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE.
- IX.—OF ENVY.
- X.—OF LOVE.
- XI.—OF GREAT PLACE.129
- XII.—OF BOLDNESS.
- XIII.—OF GOODNESS, AND GOODNESS OF NATURE.
- XIV.—OF NOBILITY.
- XV.—OF SEDITIONS AND TROUBLES.
- XVI.—OF ATHEISM.
- XVII.—OF SUPERSTITION.
- XVIII.—OF TRAVEL.
- XIX.—OF EMPIRE.
- XX.—OF COUNSEL.
- XXI.—OF DELAYS.
- XXII.—OF CUNNING.
- XXIII.—OF WISDOM FOR A MAN’S SELF.
- XXIV.—OF INNOVATIONS.
- XXV.—OF DISPATCH.
- XXVI.—OF SEEMING WISE.
- XXVII.—OF FRIENDSHIP.
- XXVIII.—OF EXPENSE.
- XXIX.—OF THE TRUE GREATNESS OF KINGDOMS AND ESTATES.
- XXX.—OF REGIMEN OF HEALTH.
- XXXI.—OF SUSPICION.
- XXXII.—OF DISCOURSE.
- XXXIII.—OF PLANTATIONS.369
- XXXIV.—OF RICHES.
- XXXV.—OF PROPHECIES.
- XXXVI.—OF AMBITION.
- XXXVII.—OF MASQUES AND TRIUMPHS.
- XXXVIII.—OF NATURE IN MEN.
- XXXIX.—OF CUSTOM AND EDUCATION.
- XL.—OF FORTUNE.
- XLI.—OF USURY.433
- XLII.—OF YOUTH AND AGE.
- XLIII.—OF BEAUTY.
- XLIV.—OF DEFORMITY.
- XLV.—OF BUILDING.
- XLVI.—OF GARDENS.
- XLVII.—OF NEGOTIATING.
- XLVIII.—OF FOLLOWERS AND FRIENDS.
- XLIX.—OF SUITORS.
- L.—OF STUDIES.508
- LI.—OF FACTION.
- LII.—OF CEREMONIES AND RESPECTS.
- LIII.—OF PRAISE.
- LIV.—OF VAINGLORY.
- LV.—OF HONOR AND REPUTATION.
- LVI.—OF JUDICATURE.
- LVII.—OF ANGER.
- LVIII.—OF VICISSITUDE OF THINGS.
- APPENDIX TO ESSAYS.
- I.—A FRAGMENT OF AN ESSAY OF FAME.610
- II.—OF A KING.
- III.—ON DEATH.
- THE WISDOM OF THE ANCIENTS.
- PREFACE.
- THE WISDOM OF THE ANCIENTS. A SERIES OF MYTHOLOGICAL FABLES.616
- I.—CASSANDRA, OR DIVINATION.
- II.—TYPHON, OR A REBEL. EXPLAINED OF REBELLION.
- III.—THE CYCLOPS, OR THE MINISTERS OF TERROR. EXPLAINED OF BASE COURT OFFICERS.
- IV.—NARCISSUS, OR SELF-LOVE.
- V.—THE RIVER STYX, OR LEAGUES. EXPLAINED OF NECESSITY, IN THE OATHS OR SOLEMN LEAGUES OF PRINCES.
- VI.—PAN, OR NATURE.617 EXPLAINED OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.
- VII.—PERSEUS,626 OR WAR. EXPLAINED OF THE PREPARATION AND CONDUCT NECESSARY TO WAR.
- VIII.—ENDYMION, OR A FAVORITE. EXPLAINED OF COURT FAVORITES.
- IX.—THE SISTER OF THE GIANTS, OR FAME. EXPLAINED OF PUBLIC DETRACTION.
- X.—ACTEON AND PENTHEUS, OR A CURIOUS MAN. EXPLAINED OF CURIOSITY, OR PRYING INTO THE SECRETS OF PRINCES AND DIVINE MYSTERIES.
- XI.—ORPHEUS, OR PHILOSOPHY. EXPLAINED OF NATURAL AND MORAL PHILOSOPHY.
- XII.—CŒLUM, OR BEGINNINGS. EXPLAINED OF THE CREATION, OR ORIGIN OF ALL THINGS.
- XIII.—PROTEUS, OR MATTER. EXPLAINED OF MATTER AND ITS CHANGES.
- XIV.—MEMNON, OR A YOUTH TOO FORWARD. EXPLAINED OF THE FATAL PRECIPITANCY OF YOUTH.
- XV.—TYTHONUS, OR SATIETY. EXPLAINED OF PREDOMINANT PASSIONS.
- XVI.—JUNO’S SUITOR, OR BASENESS. EXPLAINED OF SUBMISSION AND ABJECTION.
- XVII.—CUPID, OR AN ATOM. EXPLAINED OF THE CORPUSCULAR PHILOSOPHY.
- XVIII.—DIOMED, OR ZEAL. EXPLAINED OF PERSECUTION, OR ZEAL FOR RELIGION.
- XIX.—DÆDALUS, OR MECHANICAL SKILL. EXPLAINED OF ARTS AND ARTISTS IN KINGDOMS AND STATES.
- XX.—ERICTHONIUS, OR IMPOSTURE. EXPLAINED OF THE IMPROPER USE OF FORCE IN NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.
- XXI.—DEUCALION, OR RESTITUTION. EXPLAINED OF A USEFUL HINT IN NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.
- XXII.—NEMESIS, OR THE VICISSITUDE OF THINGS. EXPLAINED OF THE REVERSES OF FORTUNE.
- XXIII.—ACHELOUS, OR BATTLE. EXPLAINED OF WAR BY INVASION.
- XXIV.—DIONYSUS, OR BACCHUS.637 EXPLAINED OF THE PASSIONS.
- XXV.—ATALANTA AND HIPPOMENES, OR GAIN. EXPLAINED OF THE CONTEST BETWIXT ART AND NATURE.
- XXVI.—PROMETHEUS, OR THE STATE OF MAN. EXPLAINED OF AN OVERRULING PROVIDENCE, AND OF HUMAN NATURE.
- XXVII.—ICARUS AND SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS, OR THE MIDDLE WAY. EXPLAINED OF MEDIOCRITY IN NATURAL AND MORAL PHILOSOPHY.
- XXVIII.—SPHINX, OR SCIENCE. EXPLAINED OF THE SCIENCES.
- XXIX.—PROSERPINE, OR SPIRIT. EXPLAINED OF THE SPIRIT INCLUDED IN NATURAL BODIES.
- XXX.—METIS, OR COUNSEL. EXPLAINED OF PRINCES AND THEIR COUNCIL.
- XXXI.—THE SIRENS, OR PLEASURES. EXPLAINED OF MEN’S PASSION FOR PLEASURES.
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