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  1. Preface

    10:24

  2. Cassandra, Or Divination

    3:21

  3. Typhon, Or A Rebel

    5:44

  4. The Cyclops, Or The Ministers Of Terror

    3:13

  5. Narcissus, Or Self-Love

    3:22

  6. The River Styx, Or Leagues

    4:00

  7. Pan, Or Nature

    18:59

  8. Perseus, Or War

    8:28

  9. Endymion, Or a Favorite

    2:36

  10. The Sister Of The Giants, Or Fame

    1:42

  11. Acteon And Pentheus, Or A Curious Man

    3:26

  12. Orpheus, Or Philosophy

    8:05

  13. Cœlum, Or Beginnings

    5:20

  14. Proteus, Or Matter

    5:01

  15. Memnon, Or A Youth Too Forward

    2:25

  16. Tythonus, Or Satiety

    2:30

  17. Juno’s Suitor, Or Baseness

    2:19

  18. Cupid, Or An Atom

    9:18

  19. Diomed, Or Zeal

    6:55

  20. Dædalus, Or Mechanical Skill

    6:08

  21. Ericthonius, Or Imposture

    2:25

  22. Deucalion, Or Restitution

    2:03

  23. Nemesis, Or The Vicissitude Of Things

    4:45

  24. Achelous, Or Battle

    2:33

  25. Dionysus, Or Bacchus

    10:26

  26. Atalanta And Hippomenes, Or Gain

    3:09

  27. Prometheus, Or The State Of Man

    28:08

  28. Icarus And Scylla And Charybdis, Or The Middle Way

    4:28

  29. Sphinx, Or Science

    9:06

  30. Proserpine, Or Spirit

    8:53

  31. Metis, Or Counsel

    2:40

  32. The Sirens, Or Pleasures

    5:21

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Bacon's celebrated essays offer crisp, worldly-wise reflections on the great subjects of life (truth, death, ambition, friendship, love, studies, fortune, and the conduct of affairs) in prose of remarkable density and polish. Each essay packs shrewd observation and memorable aphorism into a few pages, distilling the practical wisdom of a brilliant statesman and philosopher. Paired here with his Wisdom of the Ancients, they reveal a mind as sharp about human nature as it was about the new science he championed. Endlessly quotable and richly rewarding, Bacon's Essays are a cornerstone of English prose and a treasury of hard-earned insight into how to think, act, and live well.

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Sir Francis Bacon (1561-1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, and pioneer of the scientific method. His Essays are landmarks of English prose and practical wisdom.

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