Essays of Francis Bacon

Born 1561 - Died (allegedly) 1626
Although Bacon was not known to be a "Freemason" as modern Masons use the term, many have thought of him as a kind of "proto-Mason," his works bearing some close resemblance to Masonic philosophy in many ways. Here are some of Bacon's Essays:

1. Of Truth
2. Of Death
3. Of Unity in Religion
4. Of Revenge
5. Of Adversity
6. Of Simulation and Dissimulation
7. Of Parents and Children
8. Of Marriage and Single Life
9. Of Envy
10. Of Love
11. Of Great Place
12. Of Boldness
13. Of Goodness and Goodness of Nature

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