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    Renaissance · English

    The Advancement of Learning

    Francis Bacon

    The Advancement of Learning, by Francis Bacon (1561–1626), a public-domain text from Liberty Fund's Online Library of Liberty.

    Chapters
    106
    Variants
    106
    Genre
    Philosophy
    Difficulty
    Advanced

    Chapters

    1. 01Orations, Francis Baconprose
    2. 02Prefaceprose
    3. 03Francis of Verulam’s Great Instauration, Announcement of the Authorprose
    4. 04Author’s Prefaceprose
    5. 05Distribution of the Work in Six Partsprose
    6. 06On the Dignity and Advancement of Learning, First Bookprose
    7. 07Second Book, Chapter I (1)prose
    8. 08Chapter II (1)prose
    9. 09Chapter III (1)prose
    10. 10Chapter IV (1)prose
    11. 11Chapter V (1)prose
    12. 12Chapter VI (1)prose
    13. 13Chapter VIIprose
    14. 14Chapter VIIIprose
    15. 15Chapter IXprose
    16. 16Chapter Xprose
    17. 17Chapter XIprose
    18. 18Chapter XIIprose
    19. 19Chapter XIIIprose
    20. 20Pan, or Nature Explained of Natural Philosophyprose
    21. 21Perseus or War Explained of the Preparation and Conduct necessary to Warprose
    22. 22Dionysus, or Bacchus Explained of the Passionsprose
    23. 23Third Book, Chapter I (2)prose
    24. 24Chapter II (2)prose
    25. 25Chapter III (2)prose
    26. 26Chapter IV (2)prose
    27. 27Chapter V (2)prose
    28. 28Chapter VI (2)prose
    29. 29Fourth Book, Chapter I (3)prose
    30. 30Chapter II (3)prose
    31. 31Chapter III (3)prose
    32. 32Fifth Book, Chapter I (4)prose
    33. 33Chapter II (4)prose
    34. 34Chapter III (4)prose
    35. 35Chapter IV (3)prose
    36. 36Chapter V (3)prose
    37. 37Sixth Book, Chapter I (5)prose
    38. 38A Biliteral Alphabet, Consisting only of a and b changed through five places, so as to represent all the letters of the prose
    39. 39Chapter II (5)prose
    40. 40Chapter III (5)prose
    41. 41Sophism I.—: What men praise and celebrate, is good; what they dispraise and censure, evilprose
    42. 42Ii.—: What is commended, even by an enemy, is a great good; but what is censured, even by a friend, a great evilprose
    43. 43Iii.—: To be deprived of a good, is an evil; and to be deprived of an evil, a goodprose
    44. 44Iv.—: What approaches to good, is good; and what recedes from good, is evilprose
    45. 45V.—: As all parties challenge the first place, that to which the rest unanimously give the second seems the best; each tprose
    46. 46Vi.—: That is absolutely best the excellence whereof is greatestprose
    47. 47Vii.—: What keeps a matter safe and entire, is good; but what leaves no retreat, is bad: for inability to retire is a kiprose
    48. 48Viii.—: That evil we bring upon ourselves, is greater; and that proceeding from without us, lessprose
    49. 49Ix.—: The degree of privation seems greater than that of diminution, and the degree of inception greater than that of inprose
    50. 50X.—: What relates to truth is greater than what relates to opinion; but the measure and trial of what relates to opinionprose
    51. 51Xi.—: What is procured by our own virtue and industry is a greater good; and what by another’s, or by the gift of fortunprose
    52. 52Xii.—: What consists of many divisible parts is greater, and more one than what consists of fewer; for all things when vprose
    53. 53A Prepossession Against an Inveterate Opinion, Chapter IV (4)prose
    54. 54Seventh Book, Chapter I (6)prose
    55. 55Chapter II (6)prose
    56. 56Chapter III (6)prose
    57. 57Eighth Book, Chapter I (7)prose
    58. 58Chapter II (7)prose
    59. 59Aphorism I.—: A soft answer appeases angerprose
    60. 60Iii.—: If a wise man contends with a fool, whether he be in anger or in jest, there is no quietprose
    61. 61Iv.—: Listen not to all that is spoken, lest thou shouldst hear thy servant curse theeprose
    62. 62Vi.—: He who instructs a scoffer, procures to himself reproach; and he who reproves a wicked man, procures to himself a prose
    63. 63Vii.—: A wise son rejoices his father, but a foolish son is a sorrow to his motherprose
    64. 64Ix.—: He who troubles his own house, shall inherit the windprose
    65. 65X.—: The end of a discourse is better than the beginnngprose
    66. 66Xi.—: As dead flies cause the best ointment to yield an ill odor, so does a little folly to a man in reputation for wisdprose
    67. 67Xii.—: Scornful men insnare a city, but wise men prevent calamityprose
    68. 68Xiii.—: The prince who willingly hearkens to lies, has all his servants wickedprose
    69. 69Xiv.—: A just man is merciful to the life of his beast, but the mercies of the wicked are cruelprose
    70. 70Xv.—: A fool speaks all his mind, but a wise man reserves something for hereafterprose
    71. 71Xvi.—: If the displeasure of great men rise up against thee, forsake not thy place; for pliant behavior extenuates greatprose
    72. 72Xvii.—: The first in his own cause is just; then comes the other party, and inquires into himprose
    73. 73Xviii.—: He who brings up his servant delicately, shall find him stubborn in the endprose
    74. 74Xix.—: A man diligent in his business shall stand before kings, and not be ranked among the vulgarprose
    75. 75Xx.—: I saw all the living which walk under the sun, with the succeeding young prince that shall rise up in his steadprose
    76. 76Xxi.—: There was a little city manned but by a few, and a mighty king drew his army to it, erecting bulwarks against it,prose
    77. 77Xxii.—: The way of the slothful is a hedge of thornsprose
    78. 78Xxiv.—: A poor man, that by extortion oppresses the poor, is like a land-flood that causes famineprose
    79. 79Xxv.—: A just man falling before the wicked, is a troubled fountain and a corrupted springprose
    80. 80Xxvi.—: Contract no friendship with an angry man, nor walk with a furious oneprose
    81. 81Xxvii.—: He who conceals a fault seeks friendship, but he who repeats a matter separates friendsprose
    82. 82Xxviii.—: In every good work is plenty; but where words abound, there is commonly a wantprose
    83. 83Xxix.—: Open reproof is better than secret affectionprose
    84. 84Xxx.—: A prudent man looks well to his steps, but a fool turns aside to deceitprose
    85. 85Xxxi.—: Be not over-righteous, nor make thyself over-wise: for why shouldst thou suddenly be taken off!prose
    86. 86Xxxiii.—: To praise one’s friend aloud, rising early, has the same effect as cursing himprose
    87. 87Xxxiv.—: As the face shines in water, so are men’s hearts manifest to the wiseprose
    88. 88Chapter III (7)prose
    89. 89The Military Statesman, Or a Specimen of the Doctrine of Enlarging the Bounds of Empireprose
    90. 90Introductionprose
    91. 91Title I, Of that primary dignity of the law, certaintyprose
    92. 92Application and extension of lawsprose
    93. 93Precedents and the use of formsprose
    94. 94Prætorian and censorian courtsprose
    95. 95Retrospect and relation of lawsprose
    96. 96Excessive accumulation of lawsprose
    97. 97New digests of lawsprose
    98. 98Obscure and involved exposition of lawsprose
    99. 99Reports of judgmentsprose
    100. 100Authentic writersprose
    101. 101Auxiliary writingsprose
    102. 102Answers and consultationsprose
    103. 103Prelectionsprose
    104. 104Instability of judgmentsprose
    105. 105Ninth Bookprose
    106. 106The Coast of the New Intellectual World or a Recapitulation of the Deficiencies of Knowledge, Pointed Out in the Precediprose