The Wisdom of Bacon in Dealing with Life (English-Chinese Parallel Translation Series of Western Motivational Classics)

Author: (English) Bacon, translated by He Zongsi et al.
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Publishing Date: 2005-05-01
Features: Francis Bacon (1561-1626) was a great British thinker, philosopher, and renowned statesman, known for works such as Essays, The Advancement of Learning, Novum Organum, and The Wisdom of the Ancients. This book is translated from Bacon's Essays. Essays originally contained 58 essays, published in 1597, and was subsequently revised and republished twice between 1612 and 1625. It is a classic of philosophical prose that has been worldwide for over 400 years, with its profound and far-reaching thoughts having long "shaken those who shook the world." The text is elegant and every word is a gem; it is rich in content and offers enlightenment. It teaches us the wisdom of a healthy, perfect, and harmonious life, provides us with sound advice to open our minds and cultivate sound emotions, and guides us to care about life and strive toward truth and goodness. This book is presented in English-Chinese parallel text, ensuring that readers with high school-level English can understand it. To facilitate reading, comprehension, and English learning, the translators have divided Bacon's original text into sections, bolded English vocabulary, and provided brief annotations with phonetic transcriptions next to the corresponding Chinese translations. The annotations are concise and accurate, and the translations strive for faithfulness, expressiveness, and elegance.