Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients
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he preserved through life the integrity of a good man, and the moderation and simplicity of a great one.
他一生保持了正直之人的诚信，以及伟人的节制与朴素。
“Madam,” answered the Lord Keeper, “my house is well, but it is you that have made me too great for my house.”
“夫人，”大法官答道，“我的居所很好，只是您使我名大于屋了。”
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- PREFACE.试读
- WISDOM OF THE ANCIENTS.
- NOTICE OF FRANCIS BACON.
- ESSAYS.
- ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING.
- DE SAPIENTIA VETERUM.
- INSTAURATIO MAGNA.
- LIFE OF HENRY VII.
- LETTERS.
- MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS.
- 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.
- I.—A FRAGMENT OF AN ESSAY OF FAME.610
- II.—OF A KING.
- III.—ON DEATH.
- PREFACE.
- 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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