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Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients

弗朗西斯·培根

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  • APA弗朗西斯·培根. (n.d.). Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients. Digital reproduction: SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/zh/works/francis-bacon/bacon-s-essays-and-wisdom-of-the-ancients
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  • Chicago弗朗西斯·培根. Bacon's Essays, and Wisdom of the Ancients. Digital reproduction, SigPhi. https://sigphiai.com/zh/works/francis-bacon/bacon-s-essays-and-wisdom-of-the-ancients.

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弗朗西斯·培根的随笔——《论真理》《论死亡》《论友谊》《论读书》——与《古人的智慧》合为一册,后者是他对希腊神话的寓意解读。

背景与流传

随笔从一五九七年的十篇增至一六二五年的五十八篇。它们与蒙田的随笔并非一物,尽管“随笔”之名取自蒙田:培根不探究自己,而是以短促而极其密实的句子给出忠告,讲世界如何运转、人当如何在其中行走。他自称这些是“为事业与人生所进之言”,其中许多句子后来成了英语的谚语。《古人的智慧》成于一六〇九年,是另一部书,气质上要古老得多:他在其中把三十一则神话当作暗藏自然与政治学说的东西来读。宜知这是两部各自独立、宗旨不同的书,仅由出版者合订在一处。

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title-page and dedication are annexed: _Sermones Fideles sive Interiora Rerum. Per Franciscum Baconum Baronem de Vervlamio, Vice-Comitem Sancti Albani. Londini Excusum typis Edwardi Griffin. Prostant ad Insignia Regia in Cœmeterio D. Pauli, apud Richardum Whitakerum_, 1638. Illustri et Excellenti Domino _Georgio_ Duci _Buckinghamiæ_, Summo _Angliæ_ Admirallio. _Honoratissime Domine_, _Salomon_ inquit, _Nomen bonum est instar Vnguenti fragrantis et pretiosi_; Neque dubito, quin tale futurum sit _Nomen_ tuum apud Posteros. Etenim et Fortuna, et Merita tua, præcelluerunt. Et videris ea plantasse, quæ sint duratura. In lucem jam edere mihi visum est _Delibationes meas_, quæ ex omnibus meis Operibus fuerunt acceptissimæ: Quia forsitan videntur, præ cæteris, _Hominum_ Negotia stringere, et in sinus fluere. Eas autem auxi, et Numero, et Pondere; In tantum, ut planè Opus Novum sint. Consentaneum igitur duxi, Affectui, et Obligationi meæ, erga _Illustrissimam Dominationem_ tuam, ut _Nomen_ tuum illis præfigam, tam in _Editione Anglicâ_, quam _Latinâ_. Etenim, in bonâ spe sum, Volumen earum in _Latinam_ (_Linguam_ scilicet universalem), versum, posse durare, quamdiù _Libri_ et _Literæ_ durent. _Instaurationem_ meam _Regi_ dicavi: _Historiam Regni Henrici Septimi_ (quam etiam in _Latinum_ verti et Portiones meas _Naturalis Historiæ_, _Principi_): Has autem _Delibationes Illustrissimæ Dominationi_ tuæ dico, Cùm sint, ex Fructibus optimis, quos Gratia divinâ Calami mei laboribus indulgente, exhibere potui. _Deus illustrissimam Dominationem_ tuam manu ducat. _Illustrissimæ Dominationis_ tuæ Servus Devinctissimus et Fidelis. FR. S. ALBAN. In the year 1618, the Essays, together with the Wisdom of the Ancients, was translated into Italian, and dedicated to _Cosmo de Medici_, by Tobie Mathew; and in the following year the Essays were translated into French by Sir Arthur Gorges, and printed in London. WISDOM OF THE ANCIENTS.…

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