2. The content is mainly some argumentative essays, mainly about Bacon's attitude and ideas of looking at things from different angles. It involves politics, economy, religion, love, marriage, friendship, art, education, ethics and many other aspects.
3. Among them, there are chapters such as Reading, Truth, Jealousy, Death and Beauty, which are representative works of Bacon's literature, with concise language, beautiful writing, thorough reasoning and repeated aphorisms, which contain the essence of Bacon's thought.