CONTENTS
EDITOR'S PREFACE
EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION
LIFE OF THE HONOURABLE AUTHOR, BY DR. W. RAWLEY
GENERAL PREFACE TO BACON'S PHILOSOPHICAL WORKS, BY ROBERT LESLIE ELLIS
THE PROFICIENCE AND ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING, DIVINE AND HUMAN—
PREFACE, BY JAMES SPEDDING
THE FIRST BOOK. To the King
THE SECOND BOOK. To the King
VALERIUS TERMINUS (Fragments)—
PREFACE, BY ROBERT LESLIE ELLIS
NOTE TO PREFACE, BY JAMES SPEDDING
Author's Note of Contents
Chapters I–XXVI
FILUM LABYRINTHI SIVE FORMULA INQUISITIONIS (Fragment)—
PREFACE, BY JAMES SPEDDING
Part I
PREFACE TO THE NOVUM ORGANUM, BY ROBERT LESLIE ELLIS—
NOTES TO PREFACE, BY JAMES SPEDDING
THE GREAT INSTAURATION. (Translation)—
Froœmium
Epistle Dedicatory
Author's Preface
The Plan of the Work
Author's Division of Parts
THE SECOND PART OF THE WORK, WHICH IS CALLED THE NEW ORGANON, or TRUE DIRECTIONS CONCERNING THE INTERPRETATION OF NATURE—
AUTHOR'S PREFACE
Aphorisms Concerning the Interpretation of Nature and the Kingdom of Man—
Book I
Book II
PARASCEVE, OR PREPARATIVE TOWARDS A NATURAL AND EXPERIMENTAL HISTORY—
PREFACE, BY JAMES SPEDDING
Translation of the Parasceve
Catalogue of Particular Histories by Titles
DE DIGNITATE ET AUGMENTIS SCIENTIA RUM. Translation of Books II–IX—
PREFACE, BY JAMES SPEDDING
Table of Books and Chapters
BOOK II. To the King
Chap. I
” II
” III
” IV
” V
” VI
” VII
” VIII
” IX
” X
” XI
” XII
” XIII
BOOK III. Chap. I
” II
” III
” IV
” V
” VI
BOOK IV. Chap. I
” II
” III
BOOK V. Chap. I
” II
” III
” IV
” V
BOOK VI. Chap. I
” II
” III
” IV
BOOK VII. Chap. I
” II
” III
BOOK VIII. Chap. I
” II
” III
BOOK IX. Chap. I
APPENDIX. NOTES BY MR. ELLIS
ON PRINCIPLES AND ORIGINS, according to the Fables of Cupid and Cœlum, etc. (Translation of De Principiis atque Originibus, etc.)—
PREFACE BY ROBERT LESLIE ELLIS
Translation
A DESCRIPTION OF THE INTELLECTUAL GLOBE. (Translation of the Descriptio Globi Intellectualis)—
PREFACE BY ROBERT LESLIE ELLIS
Chap. I
” II
” III
” IV
” V
” VI
” VII
THEORY OF THE EARTH. (Translation of the Thema Cœli)
PREFACE TO THE NEW ATLANTIS, BY JAMES SPEDDING
THE NEW ATLANTIS
ESSAYS, OR COUNCILS CIVIL AND MORAL—
PREFACE, BY JAMES SPEDDING
THE EPISTLE DEDICATORY
Essay 1. Of Truth
2. Of Death
3. Of Unity in Religion
4. Of Revenge
5. Of Adversity
6. Of Simulation and Dissimulation
7. Of Parents and Children
8. Of Marriage and Single Life
9. Of Envy
10. Of Love
11. Of Great Place
12. Of Boldness
13. Of Goodness and Goodness of Nature
14. Of Nobility
15. Of Seditions and Troubles
16. Of Atheism
17. Of Superstition
18. Of Travel
19. Of Empire
20. Of Counsel
21. Of Delays
22. Of Cunning
23. Of Wisdom for a Man's Self
24. Of Innovations
25. Of Dispatch
26. Of Seeming Wise
27. Of Friendship
28. Of Expense
29. Of the True Greatness of Kingdoms and Estates
30. Of Regiment of Health
31. Of Suspicion
32. Of Discourse
33. Of Plantations
34. Of Riches
35. Of Prophecies
36. Of Ambition
37. Of Masques and Triumphs
38. Of Nature in Men
39. Of Custom and Education
40. Of Fortune
41. Of Usury
42. Of Youth and Age
43. Of Beauty
44. Of Deformity
45. Of Building
46. Of Gardens
47. Of Negotiating
48. Of Followers and Friends
49. Of Suitors
50. Of Studies
51. Of Faction
52. Of Ceremonies and Respects
53. Of Praise
54. Of Vain Glory
55. Of Honour and Reputation
56. Of Judicature
57. Of Anger
58. Of Vicissitude of Things
APPENDIX TO THE ESSAYS—
Fragment of an Essay on Fame
Essays attributed to Bacon without authority
WISDOM OF THE ANCIENTS. (Translation of the De Sapientia Veterum)—
PREFACE BY JAMES SPEDDING
Author's Dedication
Author's Preface
1. Cassandra, or Plainness of Speech
2. Typhon, or The Rebel
3. The Cyclopes, or Ministers of Terror
4. Narcissus, or Self-Love
5. Styx, or Treaties
6. Pan, or Nature
7. Perseus, or War
8. Endymion, or The Favourite
9. The Sister of The Giants, or Fame
10. Actæon and Pentheus, or Curiosity
11. Orpheus, or Philosophy
12. Cœlum, or The Origins of Things
13. Proteus, or Matter
14. Memnon, or The Early Ripe
15. Tithonus, or Satiety
16. Juno's Suitor, or Dishonour
17. Cupid, or The Atom
18. Diomedes, or Religious Zeal
19. Dædalus, or The Mechanic
20. Erichthonius, or Imposture
21. Deucalion, or Restoration
22. Nemesis, or The Vicissitude of Things
23. Achelous, or The Battle
24. Dionysus, or Desire
25. Atalanta, or Profit
26. Prometheus, or The State of Man
27. The Flight of Icarus : also Scylla and Charybdis, or The Middle Way
28. Sphinx, or Science
29. Proserpina, or Spirit
30. Metis, or Counsel
31. The Sirens, or Pleasure
APOPHTHEGMS—
PREFACE, BY JAMES SPEDDING
APOPHTHEGMS, NEW AND OLD
APOPHTHEGMS CONTAINED IN THE SECOND EDITION OF THE RESUSCITATIO (1661) AND NOT IN THE ORIGINAL COLLECTION
APOPHTHEGMS PUBLISHED BY DR. TENISON IN THE Baconiana
SOME ADDITIONAL APOPHTHEGMS FROM A COMMONPLACE BOOK IN THE HANDWRITING OF DR. RAWLEY, PRESERVED AT LAMBETH
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