Title: Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Francis Bacon
Author: Francis Bacon
Editor: David Widger
Release date: March 30, 2019 [eBook #59163]
Most recently updated: February 25, 2021
Language: English
Credits: Produced by David Widger
## ESSAYS ## ESSAYS, WISDOM OF ANCIENTS ## NOVUM ORGANUM ## BACON IS SHAKESPEARE ## VALERIUS TERMINUS OF THE INTERPRETATION OF NATURE OF GARDENS THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING THE NEW ATLANTIS |
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Preface by B. Montagu, Esq. | xi |
Introductory Notice of the Life and Writings of Bacon, by A. Spiers, Ph. D. |
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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 | |
13. |
Of Goodness, and Goodness of Nature |
1612; | enlarged 1625 | 105 |
14. |
Of Nobility |
1612; | rewritten 1625 | 110 |
15. |
Of Seditions and Troubles |
1625 | 113 | |
16. |
viOf 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 |
28. |
Of Expense |
1597; | enlarged 1612; and again 1625 | 179 |
29. |
Of the true Greatness of Kingdoms and Estates |
1612; | enlarged 1625 | 181 |
30. |
Of Regimen of Health |
1597; | enlarged 1612; again 1625 | 195 |
31. |
Of Suspicion |
1625; | 197 | |
32. |
Of Discourse |
1597; | slightly enlarged 1612; again 1625 | 199 |
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. |
viiOf 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 | |
47. |
Of Negotiating |
1597; | enlarged 1612; very slightly altered 1625 | 259 |
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 | |
55. |
Of Honor and Reputation |
1597; | omitted 1612; republished 1625 | 279 |
56. |
Of Judicature |
1612; | 282 | |
57. |
Of Anger |
1625; | 289 | |
58. |
Of the Vicissitude of Things |
1625; | 292 |
1. |
Fragment of an Essay of Fame |
301 |
2. |
Of a King |
303 |
3. |
An Essay on Death |
307 |
Preface | 317 | |
1. |
Cassandra, or Divination. Explained of too free and unseasonable Advice |
323 |
2. |
Typhon, or a Rebel. Explained of Rebellion |
324 |
3. |
viiiThe Cyclops, or the Ministers of Terror. Explained of base Court Officers |
327 |
4. |
Narcissus, or Self-Love |
329 |
5. |
The River Styx, or Leagues. Explained of Necessity, in the Oaths or Solemn Leagues of Princes |
331 |
6. |
Pan, or Nature. Explained of Natural Philosophy |
333 |
7. |
Perseus, or War. Explained of the Preparation and Conduct necessary to War |
343 |
8. |
Endymion, or a Favorite. Explained of Court Favorites |
348 |
9. |
The Sister of the Giants, or Fame. Explained of Public Detraction |
350 |
10. |
Acteon and Pentheus, or a Curious Man. Explained of Curiosity, or Prying into the Secrets of Princes and Divine Mysteries |
351 |
11. |
Orpheus, or Philosophy. Explained of Natural and Moral Philosophy |
353 |
12. |
Colum, or Beginnings. Explained of the Creation, or Origin of all Things |
357 |
13. |
Proteus, or Matter. Explained of Matter and its Changes |
360 |
14. |
Memnon, or a Youth too forward. Explained of the fatal Precipitancy of Youth |
363 |
15. |
Tythonus, or Satiety. Explained of Predominant Passions |
364 |
16. |
Juno's Suitor, or Baseness. Explained of Submission and Abjection |
365 |
17. |
Cupid, or an Atom. Explained of the Corpuscular Philosophy |
366 |
18. |
Diomed, or Zeal. Explained of Persecution, or Zeal for Religion |
371 |
19. |
Dædalus, or Mechanical Skill. Explained of Arts and Artists in Kingdoms and States |
374 |
20. |
Ericthonius, or Imposture. Explained of the improper Use of Force in Natural Philosophy |
378 |
21. |
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Deucalion, or Restitution. Explained of a useful Hint in Natural Philosophy |
379 |
22. |
Nemesis, or the Vicissitude of Things. Explained of the Reverses of Fortune |
380 |
23. |
Achelous, or Battle. Explained of War by Invasion |
383 |
24. |
Dionysus, or Bacchus. Explained of the Passions |
384 |
25. |
Atalanta and Hippomenes, or Gain. Explained of the Contest betwixt Art and Nature |
389 |
26. |
Prometheus, or the State of Man. Explained of an Overruling Providence, and of Human Nature |
391 |
27. |
Icarus and Scylla and Charybdis, or the Middle Way. Explained of Mediocrity in Natural and Moral Philosophy |
407 |
28. |
Sphinx, or Science. Explained of the Sciences |
409 |
29. |
Proserpine, or Spirit. Explained of the Spirit included in Natural Bodies |
413 |
30. |
Metis, or Counsel. Explained of Princes and their Council |
419 |
31. |
The Sirens, or Pleasures. Explained of Men's Passion for Pleasures |
420 |
Preface |
Aphorisms—Book
I On the Interpretation of Nature and the Empire of Man |
Aphorisms—Book II On the Interpretation of Nature, or the Reign of Man |
PREFACE TO PROMUS |
FOOTNOTES. |
Preface by Robert Leslie Ellis | |
VALERIUS TERMINUS: OF THE INTERPRETATION OF NATURE | |
CHAPTER 1. | OF THE LIMITS AND END OF KNOWLEDGE. |
CHAPTER 4. | |
CHAPTER 7. | THAT THE PRETENDED SUCCESSION OF WITS HATH BEEN EVIL PLACED, FOR ASMUCH AS AFTER VARIETY OF SECTS AND OPINIONS, THE MOST POPULAR AND NOT THE TRUEST PREVAILETH AND WEARETH OUT THE REST; BEING THE 7TH CHAPTER; A FRAGMENT. |
CHAPTER 8. | OF THE IMPEDIMENTS OF KNOWLEDGE IN HANDLING IT BY PARTS, AND IN SLIPPING OFF PARTICULAR SCIENCES FROM THE ROOT AND STOCK OF UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE, BEING THE 8TH CHAPTER, THE WHOLE CHAPTER. |
CHAPTER 9. | THAT THE END AND SCOPE OF KNOWLEDGE HATH BEEN GENERALLY MISTAKEN, AND THAT MEN WERE NEVER WELL ADVISED WHAT IT WAS THEY SOUGHT; BEING THE 9TH CHAPTER, WHEREOF A FRAGMENT (WHICH IS THE END OF THE SAME CHAPTER) IS BEFORE. |
CHAPTER 10. | THE INVENTORY, OR AN ENUMERATION AND VIEW OF INVENTIONS ALREADY DISCOVERED AND IN USE, TOGETHER WITH A NOTE OF THE WANTS AND THE NATURE OF THE SUPPLIES, BEING THE 10TH CHAPTER; AND THIS A SMALL FRAGMENT THEREOF, BEING THE PREFACE TO THE INV |
CHAPTER 11. | THE CHAPTER IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE INVENTORY; BEING THE 11TH IN ORDER; A PART THEREOF. |
CHAPTER 12. | |
CHAPTER 13. | |
CHAPTER 14. | |
CHAPTER 15. | |
CHAPTER 16. | |
CHAPTER 17. | |
CHAPTER 18. | |
CHAPTER 19. | |
CHAPTER 21. | |
CHAPTER 22. | |
CHAPTER 25. | |
CHAPTER 26. | |
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