The Wisdom of the AncientsBacon published this interesting little work in 1609. It contains thirty-one fables abounding with a union of deep thought and poetic beauty. In most fables he explains the common but erroneous supposition that knowledge and the conformity of the will, knowing and acting, are convertible terms. |
Contents
Chapter XVII | |
Chapter XVIII | |
Chapter XIX | |
Chapter XX | |
Chapter XXI | |
Chapter XXII | |
Chapter XXIII | |
Chapter XXIV | |
Chapter VIII | |
Chapter IX | |
Chapter X | |
Chapter XI | |
Chapter XII | |
Chapter XIII | |
Chapter XIV | |
Chapter XV | |
Chapter XVI | |
Chapter XXV | |
Chapter XXVI | |
Chapter XXVII | |
Chapter XXVIII | |
Chapter XXIX | |
Chapter XXX | |
Chapter XXXI | |
Endnotes | |
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accusation Achelous actions affection allegory ancient fables Apollo appears arts Atalanta attributed Augustus Cæsar Bacchus betwixt bodies brought calamity cause celestial Ceres Chapter chariot common concealed conquered contains corruption creature cruelty Cupid Dædalus danger death delight Democritus denotes depraved desire destruction Diomed divine earth efficacy elegance elegantly empire endeavouring Epimetheus Ericthonius excellent EXPLANATION fable seems fears fire goddess gods Greæ heavens Hercules Hippomenes honour human Icarus indulged infernal infinite Jupiter Jupiter's justly kind kings Lastly length mankind manner matter Mercury mind monster moral motion Muses narcissus flowers natural philosophy Nemesis noble numbers observed Orpheus Pallas Pan's passion Pentheus perpetual Perseus person pleasures Pluto poets present princes proceed Prometheus properly Proserpine Proteus prudent received relate religion remains represented restored revenge riddles Saturn secret seems invented Sileni Sirens Sphinx spirit strange subdued subtile Thebes thereof things torch Typhon Venus vulgar whence whilst wings youth