The two books of Francis Bacon: Of the proficience and advancement of learning, divine and human

BOOK 1. Page LEARNING, HOW DISCREDITED ... 9

1 Objections of Divines ...... —

2 Objections of Statesmen ...... 18

3 Objections from Learned Men .... 31 THREE DISTEMPERS OF LEARNING . 45

1 Of Delicate Learning, or Vain affecta-

tions 47

2 Of Contentious Learning, or Vain alter-

cations .... 51

3 Of fantastical Learning, or Vain Imagi-

nations . 56

VARIOUS ERRORS IN THE PURSUIT

OF LEARNING .62

OF THE DIGNITY OF KNOWLEDGE . 72

Divine Proofs . 73

Human Proofs 85

1 It's influence on Martial Virtues ... 97

2 It's importance to the Moral and private Virtues . . . . 111

Book II. Defects Of Learned Institutions 128

Distribution of the parts of Learning . 139

HISTORY 140

1 Literary History — —

2 Natural History 142

S Civil History 148

4 Ecclesiastical History • 162

POESY 166

PHILOSOPHY .... 172 I. DIVINE PHILOSOPHY, OR NATURAL

THEOLOGY . ... 179