《培根随笔集》是英国随笔文学的开山之作,内容涉及政治、经济、宗教、爱情、婚姻、友谊、艺术、教育、伦理、学习等人类生活的方方面面,以其语言简洁、文笔优美、说理透彻、警句迭出等特点,在世界文学史上占据了非常重要的地位。作者弗兰西斯·培根学识渊博,通晓人情世故,对谈及的问题均有发人深省的见解,他以哲学家的眼光,思考了广泛的人生问题,写出了许多形式短小、风格活泼的随笔小品,集成本书。《培根随笔》与《蒙田随笔》、《爱默生随笔》被人们誉为欧洲近代哲理散文三大经典。
- 版权信息
- The Life of Francis Bacon
- Prologue
- THE ESSAYS BY FRANCIS BACON
- Preface
- OF TRUTH
- OF DEATH
- OF UNITY IN RELIGION
- 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 AND GOODNESS OF NATURE
- OF NOBILITY
- OF SEDITIONS AND TROUBLES
- OF ATHEISM
- OF SUPERSTITION
- OF TRAVEL
- OF EMPIRE
- OF COUNSEL
- OF DELAYS
- OF CUNNING
- OF WISDOM FOR A MAN'S SELF
- OF INNOVATIONS
- OF DISPATCH
- OF SEEMING WISE
- OF FRIENDSHIP
- OF EXPENSE
- OF THE TRUE GREATNESS OF KINGDOMS AND ESTATES
- OF REGIMENT OF HEALTH
- OF SUSPICION
- OF DISCOURSE
- OF PLANTATIONS
- OF RICHES
- OF PROPHECIES
- OF AMBITION
- OF MASQUES AND TRIUMPHS
- OF NATURE IN MEN
- OF CUSTOM AND EDUCATION
- OF FORTUNE
- OF USURY
- OF YOUTH AND AGE
- OF BEAUTY
- OF DEFORMITY
- OF BUILDING
- OF GARDENS
- OF NEGOTIATING
- OF FOLLOWERS AND FRIENDS
- OF SUITORS
- OF STUDIES
- OF FACTION
- OF CEREMONIES AND RESPECT
- OF PRAISE
- OF VAIN-GLORY
- OF HONOR AND REPUTATION
- OF JUDICATURE
- OF ANGER
- OF VICISSITUDE OF THINGS
- OF FAME
- APPENDIXES
- I A GLOSSARY OF ARCHAIC WORDS AND PHRASES
- II BACON TIME LINE
弗兰西斯·培根(Francis Bacon,1561—1626),英国文艺复兴时期伟大的英国哲学家、文学家、法学家、政治家,被尊称为文艺复兴时期哲学史和科学史上划时代的人物,马克思称他为“英国唯物主义和整个现代实验科学的真正始祖”。著有《学术之进步》、《新工具》、《新大西岛》和《培根随笔集》等。