The Essays or Counsels, Civil and MoralFrancis Bacon
The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral
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Original author: Francis Bacon
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"The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral" by Francis Bacon is a collection of essays first published in 1597. Beginning with just 10 essays, the work expanded through multiple editions to 58 essays by 1625, covering topics from public affairs to private life. Bacon examines subjects like truth, death, friendship, and ambition through systematic arguments that weigh different perspectives. Written in styles ranging from plain to epigrammatic, these influential essays established many famous phrases still quoted today, including "hostages to fortune."
The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral, by Francis Bacon. Republished by OpenStories from Project Gutenberg eBook #575.
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8 Chapters
- 1.Front Matter10,302 words
- 2.Chapter I: TAKE goodness in this sense, the affecting of the weal of men, which3,550 words
- 3.Chapter I: HAD rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, (1)8,769 words
- 4.Chapter I: HAD rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, (2)8,827 words
- 5.Chapter I: CANNOT call riches better than the baggage of virtue. The Roman word1,119 words
- 6.Chapter I: MEAN not to speak of divine prophecies; nor of heathen oracles; nor (1)8,720 words
- 7.Chapter I: MEAN not to speak of divine prophecies; nor of heathen oracles; nor (2)8,545 words
- 8.Chapter I: MEAN not to speak of divine prophecies; nor of heathen oracles; nor (3)2,609 words