Bacon's Essays

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book edition essay collection literary work

Bacon's Essays is a renowned collection of short, reflective prose pieces by Francis Bacon that explore moral, political, and practical themes of human life and conduct.

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Bacon's Essays canonical 1
Essays by Francis Bacon 1
Of Nature in Men (Bacon essay) 1

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Predicate Object
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essay collection ⓘ
literary work ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral NERFINISHED ⓘ
author Francis Bacon NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1597 ⓘ
genre didactic literature ⓘ
essay ⓘ
philosophical literature ⓘ
hasEdition 1597 edition of Bacon's Essays ⓘ
1612 edition of Bacon's Essays ⓘ
1625 edition of Bacon's Essays ⓘ
hasForm short prose reflections ⓘ
influenced English essay tradition ⓘ
moral philosophy writing in English ⓘ
intendedAudience educated lay readers ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Renaissance literature ⓘ
notableEssay Of Counsel ⓘ
Of Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Of Friendship NERFINISHED ⓘ
Of Great Place NERFINISHED ⓘ
Of Marriage and Single Life NERFINISHED ⓘ
Of Revenge NERFINISHED ⓘ
Of Simulation and Dissimulation NERFINISHED ⓘ
Of Studies NERFINISHED ⓘ
Of Truth NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfEssays 10 ⓘ
38 ⓘ
58 ⓘ
period early modern period ⓘ
publicationYear 1597 ⓘ
1612 ⓘ
1625 ⓘ
style aphoristic ⓘ
concise ⓘ
subject ambition ⓘ
ethics ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
human conduct ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
morality ⓘ
politics ⓘ
practical wisdom ⓘ
statecraft ⓘ
studies ⓘ
truth ⓘ

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Of Great Place → partOf → Bacon's Essays ⓘ
Of Seeming Wise → partOf → Bacon's Essays ⓘ
this entity surface form: Essays by Francis Bacon
Of Nature in Men → alsoKnownAs → Bacon's Essays ⓘ
this entity surface form: Of Nature in Men (Bacon essay)
Harvard Classics → hasPart → Bacon's Essays ⓘ
this entity surface form: Volume 3: Essays by Bacon, Milton, Browne