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The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral

A work by Francis Bacon

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  • What korrents draws from it

    Seeking, knowing and believing truth is the highest good of human nature, Revenge is a kind of wild justice that the law ought to weed out, A person with a spouse and children has given hostages to fortune, since they hinder great enterprises …

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  • Connections

    Francis Bacon

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Key facts

Edition korrents quotes
1625 edition2
Claims on korrents
81

What korrents draws from it

korrents’ reading of claims quoted word for word from the book; each opens the quote and where it sits.

  1. Seeking, knowing and believing truth is the highest good of human nature (opens korrents.com)1

  2. Revenge is a kind of wild justice that the law ought to weed out (opens korrents.com)1

  3. A person with a spouse and children has given hostages to fortune, since they hinder great enterprises (opens korrents.com)1

  4. A little philosophy inclines the mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy brings it back to religion (opens korrents.com)1

  5. Refusing new remedies invites new evils, because time itself is the greatest innovator (opens korrents.com)1

  6. Without love, a crowd is not company and talk is empty noise (opens korrents.com)1

Connections

Written by

  • Francis Bacon

Sources

  1. The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral (1625 edition) (korrents) (opens korrents.com)
  2. The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral (1625 edition) (gutenberg.org) (opens gutenberg.org)

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