"Bacon's Essays" is divided into many essays such as "On Beauty", "On Good Beauty and Good Nature", "On Truth", "On Family", "On Friendship", etc.

The content is mainly short essays of an argumentative nature, mainly about Bacon's attitudes and ideas about looking at things from different angles. It involves politics, economy, religion, love, marriage, friendship, art, education, ethics and many other aspects.

It includes chapters such as "On Reading", "On Truth", "On Jealousy", "On Death", "On Beauty", etc. It is Bacon's representative work in literature, with concise language, beautiful writing and thorough reasoning. , full of aphorisms, containing the essence of Bacon’s thoughts. Extended information

"Bacon's Essays" is the pioneer work of British essay literature. With its concise language, beautiful writing style, thorough reasoning, and repeated aphorisms, it occupies an important position in the history of world literature. It has been translated into and published in many languages. In 1985, it was selected as one of the "20 Best Books in Human History" by the American "Life" magazine; in the same year, it was selected as a recommended book in the American "Good Reading Guide".

Concerning human nature, "Bacon's Essays" acknowledges the influence of human nature on human behavior. In "On Nature", Bacon revealed: "Nature is often hidden, sometimes conquered, rarely destroyed."

"Bacon's Essays" believes that when people are alone, they have complete His nature can be most fully revealed when he is private, because he does not need to disguise himself in an artificial way like in other social situations; when a person is having strong emotions, such as anger, passion, excitement, etc., his nature It will show up because the intense emotion makes him forget to control himself.

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