II. Of Death. Francis Bacon. 1909-14. Essays, Civil and.

MEN fear death, as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales, so is the other. Certainly, the contemplation of death, as the wages of sin and passage to another world, is holy and religious; but the fear of it, 1 as a tribute due unto nature, is weak. Yet in religious meditations there is sometimes mixture of vanity and of superstition.

Francis Bacon's Essays (Remember that these essays are searchable for key words) To the Duke of Buckingham; Of Truth; Of Death; Of Unity in Religions; Of Revenge; Of Adversity; Of Simulation and Dissimulation; Of Parents and Children; Of Marriage and Single Life; Of Envy; Of Love; Of Great Place; Of Boldness; Of Goodness; Of Nobility; Of Seditions and Troubles; Of Atheism.

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Francis Bacon (1561-1626) STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment, and disposition of business.

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Francis Bacon: Essays, J.M. Dent and Sons, London, 1972 (Introduction by Michael Hawkins) In Francis Bacon, we see great brilliance of intellect wedded with the dual taints of misanthropy and misogyny. Even before the proclamations of Descartes, Bacon viewed others and the world as mere objects, and his own being as sovereign.

Of Studies. by Francis Bacon (1625) (500 words) Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business.

Seene and Allowed (1597) was the first published book by the philosopher, statesman and jurist Francis Bacon. The Essays are written in a wide range of styles, from the plain and unadorned to the epigrammatic. They cover topics drawn from both public and private life, and in each case the essays cover their topics.

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Francis Bacon (1561-1626), the father of English essay, is a central figure in the entire history of English literature in general and in prose of the Jacobean period in particular. Bacon's essays are the expression of a life-time of experience.

Most importantly, Bacon was very close with King James and the Monarch would take full advantage of all Bacon’s assets and give him the task of writing the letter of Dedication, because this Bible was to be read in every church and be in every household. Francis Bacon was born on Jan. 22, 1561. It has been heavily speculated that he was the.