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The Essays: Or, Counsels, Civil and Moral ; and The Wisdom of the Ancients

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Little, Brown, 1883 - 360 pages

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Contents

Of Truth	1

Of Great Place 1612 slightly enlarged 1625	84

Of Goodness and Good	90

Of Empire	116

Of Counsels	123

Of Delays 1625	129

Self	136

Of Friendship 1612 rewritten 1625	143

Of Faction 1597 much enlarged 1625	229

NO PAGE	235

Of Anger 1625	246

APPENDIX TO ESSAYS	256

THE WISDOM OF THE ANCIENTS A SERIES	269

Typhon or a Rebel Explained of Rebellion	275

Pan or Nature Explained of Natural Philosophy	282

Perseus or War Explained of the Preparation	291

Of Expense	153

Of Regimen of Health 1597 enlarged 1612 again 1625	166

Of Riches	176

Of Nature in Men 1612 enlarged 1625	190

Of Usury 1625	197

Of Building	207

Of Negotiating	220

Acteon and Pentheus or a Curious Man Explained	297

Proteus or Matter Explained of Matter and	305

Diomed or Zeal Explained of Persecution or Zeal	314

Ericthonius or Imposture Explained of the improper	320

Dionysus or Bacchus Explained of the Passions	326

NO PAGE	330

Icarus and Scylla and Charybdis or the Middle	345

Other editions - View all

The Essays: Or, Counsels, Civil and Moral: and The Wisdom of the Ancients
Francis Bacon
Full view - 1858

The Essays: Or, Counsels, Civil and Moral ; and The Wisdom of the Ancients
Francis Bacon
Full view - 1856

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Title	The Essays: Or, Counsels, Civil and Moral ; and The Wisdom of the Ancients
Author	Francis Bacon
Publisher	Little, Brown, 1883
Original from	University of Chicago
Digitized	13 Aug 2015
Length	360 pages

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