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Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients

by Francis Bacon (1561–1626)

104 chapters, about 95,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. NO. 200 words
2. PREFACE. 1,500 words
3. FRA. BACON. 300 words
4. FR. ST. ALBAN. 100 words
5. THE SAME IN ENGLISH. 1,000 words
6. WISDOM OF THE ANCIENTS. 1,100 words
7. FRANCIS BACON. 8,900 words
8. ESSAYS. 1,000 words
9. ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING. 500 words
10. INSTAURATIO MAGNA. 1,200 words
11. MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS. 600 words
12. I.—OF TRUTH. 800 words
13. II.—OF DEATH.[53] 600 words
14. III.—OF UNITY IN RELIGION. 1,500 words
15. IV.—OF REVENGE. 500 words
16. V.—OF ADVERSITY. 400 words
17. VI.—OF SIMULATION AND DISSIMULATION. 1,100 words
18. VII.—OF PARENTS AND CHILDREN. 500 words
19. VIII.—OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE. 600 words
20. IX.—OF ENVY. 1,700 words
21. X.—OF LOVE. 600 words
22. XI.—OF GREAT PLACE.[129] 1,100 words
23. XII.—OF BOLDNESS. 600 words
24. XIII.—OF GOODNESS, AND GOODNESS OF NATURE. 800 words
25. XIV.—OF NOBILITY. 500 words
26. XV.—OF SEDITIONS AND TROUBLES. 2,000 words
27. XVI.—OF ATHEISM. 900 words
28. XVII.—OF SUPERSTITION. 500 words
29. XVIII.—OF TRAVEL. 800 words
30. XIX.—OF EMPIRE. 1,600 words
31. XX.—OF COUNSEL. 1,500 words
32. XXI.—OF DELAYS. 300 words
33. XXII.—OF CUNNING. 1,300 words
34. XXIII.—OF WISDOM FOR A MAN’S SELF. 500 words
35. XXIV.—OF INNOVATIONS. 400 words
36. XXV.—OF DISPATCH. 600 words
37. XXVI.—OF SEEMING WISE. 400 words
38. XXVII.—OF FRIENDSHIP. 2,600 words
39. XXVIII.—OF EXPENSE. 400 words
40. XXIX.—OF THE TRUE GREATNESS OF KINGDOMS AND ESTATES. 2,900 words
41. XXX.—OF REGIMEN OF HEALTH. 600 words
42. XXXI.—OF SUSPICION. 400 words
43. XXXII.—OF DISCOURSE. 700 words
44. XXXIII.—OF PLANTATIONS.[369] 1,000 words
45. XXXIV.—OF RICHES. 1,100 words
46. XXXVI.—OF AMBITION. 700 words
47. XXXVII.—OF MASQUES AND TRIUMPHS. 600 words
48. XXXVIII.—OF NATURE IN MEN. 500 words
49. XXXIX.—OF CUSTOM AND EDUCATION. 600 words
50. XL.—OF FORTUNE. 600 words
51. XLI.—OF USURY.[433] 1,300 words
52. XLII.—OF YOUTH AND AGE. 600 words
53. XLIII.—OF BEAUTY. 400 words
54. XLIV.—OF DEFORMITY. 400 words
55. XLV.—OF BUILDING. 1,500 words
56. XLVI.—OF GARDENS. 2,300 words
57. XLVII.—OF NEGOTIATING. 500 words
58. XLVIII.—OF FOLLOWERS AND FRIENDS. 500 words
59. XLIX.—OF SUITORS. 600 words
60. L.—OF STUDIES.[508] 500 words
61. LI.—OF FACTION. 600 words
62. LII.—OF CEREMONIES AND RESPECTS. 500 words
63. LIII.—OF PRAISE. 500 words
64. LIV.—OF VAINGLORY. 600 words
65. LV.—OF HONOR AND REPUTATION. 600 words
66. LVI.—OF JUDICATURE. 1,400 words
67. LVII.—OF ANGER. 600 words
68. LVIII.—OF VICISSITUDE OF THINGS. 1,900 words
69. I.—A FRAGMENT OF AN ESSAY OF FAME.[610] 500 words
70. II.—OF A KING. 800 words
71. III.—ON DEATH. 2,000 words
72. PREFACE. 1,500 words
73. EXPLAINED OF TOO FREE AND UNSEASONABLE ADVICE. 300 words
74. EXPLAINED OF REBELLION. 600 words
75. EXPLAINED OF BASE COURT OFFICERS. 300 words
76. IV.—NARCISSUS, OR SELF-LOVE. 400 words
77. V.—THE RIVER STYX, OR LEAGUES. 500 words
78. EXPLAINED OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. 2,400 words
79. VII.—PERSEUS,[626] OR WAR. 1,100 words
80. EXPLAINED OF COURT FAVORITES. 300 words
81. EXPLAINED OF PUBLIC DETRACTION. 200 words
82. X.—ACTEON AND PENTHEUS, OR A CURIOUS MAN. 400 words
83. EXPLAINED OF NATURAL AND MORAL PHILOSOPHY. 900 words
84. XII.—CŒLUM, OR BEGINNINGS. 700 words
85. EXPLAINED OF MATTER AND ITS CHANGES. 600 words
86. EXPLAINED OF THE FATAL PRECIPITANCY OF YOUTH. 200 words
87. EXPLAINED OF PREDOMINANT PASSIONS. 200 words
88. EXPLAINED OF SUBMISSION AND ABJECTION. 200 words
89. EXPLAINED OF THE CORPUSCULAR PHILOSOPHY. 1,100 words
90. EXPLAINED OF PERSECUTION, OR ZEAL FOR RELIGION. 800 words
91. XIX.—DÆDALUS, OR MECHANICAL SKILL. 700 words
92. XX.—ERICTHONIUS, OR IMPOSTURE. 200 words
93. EXPLAINED OF A USEFUL HINT IN NATURAL PHILOSOPHY. 200 words
94. EXPLAINED OF THE REVERSES OF FORTUNE. 600 words
95. EXPLAINED OF WAR BY INVASION. 300 words
96. EXPLAINED OF THE PASSIONS. 1,200 words
97. EXPLAINED OF THE CONTEST BETWIXT ART AND NATURE. 400 words
98. XXVI.—PROMETHEUS, OR THE STATE OF MAN. 3,700 words
99. EXPLAINED OF MEDIOCRITY IN NATURAL AND MORAL PHILOSOPHY. 400 words
100. EXPLAINED OF THE SCIENCES. 1,000 words
101. EXPLAINED OF THE SPIRIT INCLUDED IN NATURAL BODIES. 1,200 words
102. EXPLAINED OF PRINCES AND THEIR COUNCIL. 300 words
103. EXPLAINED OF MEN’S PASSION FOR PLEASURES. 900 words
104. FOOTNOTES: 1,100 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Atheism
• Essay
• Essays (Francis Bacon)
• Friendship
• Greatness
• Nobility
• Orpheus
• Praise
• Prometheus
• Science

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