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Table of Contents:
IntroductionOf TruthOf DeathOf Unity in ReligionOf RevengeOf AdversityOf Simulation and DissimulationOf Parents and ChildrenOf Marriage and Single LifeOf EnvyOf LoveOf Great PlaceOf BoldnessOf Goodness and Goodness of NatureOf NobilityOf Seditions and TroublesOf AtheismOf SuperstitionOf TravelOf EmpireOf CounselOf DelayOf CunningOf Wisdom for a Man's SelfOf InnovationsOf DispatchOf Seeming WiseOf FriendshipOf ExpenseOf the True Greatness of Kingdoms and EstatesOf Regiment of HealthOf SuspicionOf DiscourseOf PlantationOf RichesOf PropheciesOf AmbitionOf Masques and TriumphsOf Nature in MenOf Custom and EducationOf FortuneOf UsuryOf Youth and AgeOf BeautyOf DeformityOf BuildingOf GardensOf NegociatingOf Followers and FriendsOf SuitorsOf StudiesOf FactionOf CeremoniesOf PraiseOf Vain-GloryOf Honour and ReputationOf JudicatureOf AngerOf Vicissitude of ThingsOf Fame, a FragmentIndex of Quotations and Foreign PhrasesGlossary
Marc Notes:
This Dover edition, first published in 2008, is a republication of the 1936 printing of the work published by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd., London, in 1906.--T.p. verso.;Includes bibliographical references (p. xxiv) and index.
Publisher Marketing:
Wise, witty, and immensely readable, these short but thought-provoking discourses examine life, death, and everything in between: truth, adversity, love, superstition, health, ambition, fame, and many other timeless topics. Francis Bacon -- renowned as a scientist, scholar, and statesman -- regarded the world as a puzzle to be solved. During the transition between the Renaissance and the early modern era, his methods of inductive reasoning exercised an enormous influence on seventeenth-century Europe. In these essays, Bacon effectively applied his scientific approach of observation and interpretation to human behavior.
Bacon originally intended the essays as personal notes, to be shared only with a few friends. He was persuaded to publish an initial installment in 1597, and the volume's continuing popularity led to his revised and enlarged version of 1625. This edition features all 58 essays of the later version, offering a splendid combination of style and substance.
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