Bacon's Essays,
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共 229 题- BACON’S ESSAYS
- AND
- WISDOM OF THE ANCIENTS
- WITH A BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE BY A. SPIERS
- PREFACE BY B. MONTAGU, AND
- NOTES BY DIFFERENT WRITERS
- BOSTON
- LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
- THE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE, MASS., U. S. A.
- ADVERTISEMENT.
- CONTENTS.
- ESSAYS; OR, COUNSELS CIVIL AND MORAL.
- NO.
- 1. Of Truth 1625; 57
- 2. Of Death 1612; enlarged 1625 62
- 3. Of Unity in Religion; Of Religion 1612; rewritten 1625 65
- 4. Of Revenge 1625; 73
- 5. Of Adversity 1625; 75
- 6. Of Simulation and Dissimulation 1625; 78
- 7. Of Parents and Children 1612; enlarged 1625 82
- 8. Of Marriage and Single Life 1612; slightly enlarged 1625 84
- 9. Of Envy 1625; 87
- 10. Of Love 1612; rewritten 1625 95
- 11. Of Great Place 1612; slightly enlarged 1625 98
- 12. Of Boldness 1625; 103
- 14. Of Nobility 1612; rewritten 1625 110
- 15. Of Seditions and Troubles 1625 113
- 16. Of Atheism 1612; slightly enlarged 1625 124
- 17. Of Superstition 1612; ” ” 1625 130
- 18. Of Travel 1625; 132
- 19. Of Empire 1612; much enlarged 1625 135
- 20. Of Counsels 1612; enlarged 1625 143
- 21. Of Delays 1625; 151
- 22. Of Cunning 1612; rewritten 1625 153
- 23. Of Wisdom for a Man’s Self 1612; enlarged 1625 159
- 24. Of Innovations 1625; 161
- 25. Of Dispatch 1612; 163
- 26. Of Seeming Wise 1612; 166
- 27. Of Friendship 1612; rewritten 1625 168
- 31. Of Suspicion 1625; 197
- 33. Of Plantations 1625; 202
- 34. Of Riches 1612; much enlarged 1625 207
- 35. Of Prophecies 1625; 212
- 36. Of Ambition 1612; enlarged 1625 217
- 37. Of Masques and Triumphs 1625; 218
- 38. Of Nature in Men 1612; enlarged 1625 223
- 39. Of Custom and Education 1612; ” ” 225
- 40. Of Fortune 1612; slightly enlarged 1625 228
- 41. Of Usury 1625; 231
- 42. Of Youth and Age 1612; slightly enlarged 1625 237
- 43. Of Beauty 1612; ” ” 1625 240
- 44. Of Deformity 1612; somewhat altered 1625 241
- 45. Of Building 1625; 243
- 46. Of Gardens 1625; 249
- 48. Of Followers and Friends 1597; slightly enlarged 1625 261
- 49. Of Suitors 1597; enlarged 1625 264
- 50. Of Studies 1597; ” 1625 266
- 51. Of Faction 1597; much enlarged 1625 269
- 52. Of Ceremonies and Respects 1597; enlarged 1625 271
- 53. Of Praise 1612; ” 1625 273
- 54. Of Vainglory 1612; 276
- 56. Of Judicature 1612; 282
- 57. Of Anger 1625; 289
- 58. Of the Vicissitude of Things 1625; 292
- APPENDIX TO ESSAYS.
- 1. Fragment of an Essay of Fame 301
- 2. Of a King 303
- 3. An Essay on Death 307
- Preface 317
- 2. Typhon, or a Rebel. Explained of Rebellion 324
- 4. Narcissus, or Self-Love 329
- 6. Pan, or Nature. Explained of Natural Philosophy 333
- 8. Endymion, or a Favorite. Explained of Court Favorites 348
- 23. Achelous, or Battle. Explained of War by Invasion 383
- 24. Dionysus, or Bacchus. Explained of the Passions 384
- 28. Sphinx, or Science. Explained of the Sciences 409
- PREFACE.
- They may shortly be stated as follows:—
- 1612. FR. BACON.
- It was dedicated as follows:—
- FRA. BACON.
- FR. ST. ALBAN.
- THE SAME IN ENGLISH.
- FR. S. ALBAN.
- WISDOM OF THE ANCIENTS.
- In the Advancement of Learning he says:—
- Of this tract, Archbishop Tenison, in his _Baconiana_, says:—
- The author of Bacon’s Life, in the _Biographia Britannica_, says:—
- And Mallet, in his Life of Bacon, says:—
- The editions of this work with which I am acquainted are:—
- 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.
- EXPLAINED OF TOO FREE AND UNSEASONABLE ADVICE.
- 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.
- 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.
- FOOTNOTES:
- And again—