Essays and The New Atlantis by Francis Bacon; Areopagitica and Of Education by John Milton; and Religio Medici by Thomas Browne.
Contents
80 sections- The Harvard Classics
- Essays on Council.—Civil and Moral
- Introductory Note
- The Epistle Dictionary
- I.—Of Truth
- II.—Of Death
- III.—Of Unity in Religion
- IV.—Of Revenge
- V.—Of Adversity
- VI.—Of Simulation and Dissimulation
- VII.—Of Parents and Children
- VIII.—Of Marriage and Single Life
- IX.—Of Envy
- X.—Of Love
- XI.—Of Great Place
- XII.—Of Boldness
- XIII.—Of Goodness and Goodness of Nature
- XIV.—Of Nobility
- XV.—Of Seditions and Troubles
- XVI.—Of Atheism
- XVII.—Of Superstition
- XVIII.—Of Travel
- XIX.—Of Empire
- XX.—Of Counsel
- XXI.—Of Delays
- XXII.—Of Cunning
- XXIII.—Of Wisdom for a Man’s Self
- XXIV.—Of Innovations
- XXV.—Of Dispatch
- XXVI.—Of Seeming Wise
- XXVII.—Of Friendship
- XXVIII.—Of Expense
- XXIX.—Of the True Greatness of Kingdoms and Estates
- XXX.—Of Regiment of Health
- XXXI.—Of Suspicion
- XXXII.—Of Discourse
- XXXIII.—Of Plantations
- XXXIV.—Of Riches
- XXXV.—Of Prophecies
- XXXVI.—Of Ambition
- XXXVII.—Of Masques and Triumphs
- XXXVIII.—Of Nature in Men
- XXXIX.—Of Custom and Education
- XL.—Of Fortune
- XLI.—Of Usury
- XLII.—Of Youth and Age
- XLIII.—Of Beauty
- XLIV.—Of Deformity
- XLV.—Of Building
- XLVI.—Of Gardens
- XLVII.—Of Negotiating
- XLVIII.—Of Followers and Friends
- XLIX.—Of Suitors
- L.—Of Studies
- LI.—Of Faction
- LII.—Of Ceremonies and Aspects
- LIII.—Of Praise
- LIV.— Of Vain-glory
- LV.—Of Honor and Reputation
- LVI.—Of Judicature
- LVII.—Of Anger
- LVIII.—Of Vicissitude of Things
- LIX.—Of Fame [1]
- The New Atlantis
- Introductory Note
- The New Altantis
- Areopagitica
- Introductory Note
- Order of the Long Parliament
- Areopagitica—A Speech
- Milton’s Tractate on Education
- Introductory Note
- Of Education
- Religio Medici
- Introductory Note
- To the Reader
- The First Part
- The Second Part