培根論説文集

《培根論説文集》內容包括培根對社會各個方面發表自己的看法，其中包括最著名的《論學習》一文。培根在書中不僅向我們展示了自己的多張面孔：既熱愛哲學又熱衷於政治。既富有生活情趣又老成世故，既自強不息、潔身自愛又工於心計……而且為我們打開了一幅廣闊的社會畫卷。並且指出了這幅畫的出彩之處。主要內容包括：政治觀——志在實現哲學王國的夢。宗教觀——不同宗教之間應該寬容。人學觀——理智地思考人生。倫理觀——在人與人的關係中。真理觀——真理就像一無遮攔的目光。等等。 ^[1] 

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 RESPECTS

OF PRAISE

OF VAIN-GLORY

OF HONOR AND REPUTATION

OF JUDICATURE

OF ANGER

OF VICISSITUDE OF THINGS

OF FAME

A GLOSSARY OF ARCHAIC WORDS AND PHRASES ^[2] 

弗朗西斯·培根（1561-1626年），代聖阿爾本子爵（1st Viscount St Alban），英國文藝復興時期散文家、哲學家。英國唯物主義哲學家，實驗科學的創始人，是近代歸納法的創始人，又是給科學研究程序進行邏輯組織化的先驅。主要著作有《新工具》、《論科學的增進》、《學術的偉大復興》以及《培根論説文集》等。 ^[1]