EssaysIn this collection of essays originally published in 1625, Bacon delves in to a variety of topics, using inductive reasoning to find truth based on observations of the world. The application of inductive reason to scientific and philosophical pursuits was a breakthrough in the history of human knowledge. Students of history and philosophy, as well as those intrigued by the world's great minds, can find in these essays Sir Francis Bacon's commentary on such topics as: .Death .Religion .Beauty .Friendship .Anger .The Nature of Men SIR FRANCIS BACON (1561-1626) was a British scientist and philosopher who is best remembered for inventing the scientific method of hypothesis and experimentation that is used today. Many of his writings discussed how to use this method for philosophical inquiry. As a man of religion, Bacon was careful to distinguish between reason-based philosophy and faith-based revelation, considering both essential to human thought. |
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Of Adversity | 16 |
Of Simulation and Dissimulation | 17 |
Of Parents and Children | 20 |
Of Marriage and Single Life | 22 |
Of Regiment of Health | 85 |
Of Suspicion | 86 |
Of Discourse | 87 |
Of Plantations | 89 |
Of Riches | 92 |
Of Prophecies | 95 |
Of Ambition | 99 |
Of Masques and Triumphs | 100 |
Of Envy | 23 |
Of Love | 28 |
Of Great Place | 29 |
Of Boldness | 33 |
Of Goodness and Goodness of Nature | 34 |
Of Nobility | 36 |
Of Seditions and Troubles | 38 |
Of Atheism | 44 |
Of Superstition | 47 |
Of Travel | 48 |
XIX Of Empire | 50 |
Of Counsel | 55 |
Of Delays | 59 |
Of Cunning | 60 |
Of Wisdom for a Mans Self | 63 |
Of Innovations | 65 |
Of Dispatch | 66 |
Of Seeming Wise | 67 |
Of Friendship | 69 |
Of Ejqpense 7S XXIX Of the True Greatness of Kingdoms and Estates | 76 |
Of Nature fa Men lot XXXIX Of Custom and Education | 103 |
Of Fortune | 105 |
Of Usury | 106 |
Of Beauty | 111 |
Of Deformity im | 112 |
Of Building | 114 |
Of Gardens | 117 |
Of Negotiating | 123 |
XLVfll Of Followers and Friends ia XLIX Of Suitors | 126 |
Of Studies | 128 |
Of Faction | 129 |
Of Ceremonies and Aspects | 131 |
Of Praise | 132 |
Of Vainglory | 135 |
Of Judicature | 137 |
Of Anger | 141 |
Of Vicissitude of Things | 143 |
Of Fam | 147 |
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Página 8 - But howsoever these things are thus in men's depraved judgments and affections, yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making or wooing of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief of truths which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature.
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| Título | Essays |
| Autor | Francis Bacon |
| Editor | Cosimo, Inc., 2007 |
| ISBN | 1602060762, 9781602060760 |
| Largo | 156 páginas |
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