A Defence of Common Sense

By: G. E. Moore In what follows I have merely tried to state, one by one, some of the most important points in which my philosophical position differs from positions which have

Of Death: Essay

By: Francis Bacon MEN fear death, as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children, is increased with tales, so is the other. Certainly, the contemplation

Essay: Of Revenge

By: Francis Bacon (1561-1626) REVENGE is a kind of wild justice; which the more man’s nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. For as for the first wrong,

Essay: Of Love

By: Francis Bacon THE stage is more beholding to love, than the life of man. For as to the stage, love is ever matter of comedies, and now and then of tragedies;