The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded

The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded

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Title: The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded
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THE
PHILOSOPHY
OF
THE PLAYS OF SHAKSPERE
UNFOLDED.
BY DELIA BACON.
WITH
A PREFACE
BY
NATHANIAL HAWTHORNE AUTHOR OF 'THE SCARLET LETTER,' ETC
Aphorisms representing A KNOWLEDGE broken do invite men to inquire further LORD BACON
You find not the apostophes, and so miss the accent. LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST
Untie the spell.--PROSPERO
LONDON: GROOMBRIDGE AND SONS PATERNOSTER ROW. 1857
AMES PRESS NEW YORK

HARVARD UNIVERSITY LIBRARY DEC 6, 1972
Reprinted from a copy in the collection of the Harvard College Library Reprinted from the edition of 1857, London First AMS EDITION published 1970 Manufactured in the United States of America
International Standard Book Number: 0-404-00443-1
Library of Congress Card Catalog Number: 73-113547
AMS PRESS, INC. NEW YORK, N.Y. 10003
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION.
I. The Proposition
II. The Age of Elizabeth, and the Elizabethan Men of Letters
III. Extracts from the Life of Raleigh.--Raleigh's School
IV. Raleigh's School, continued.--The New Academy
* * * * *
BOOK I
[The HISTORICAL KEY to the ELIZABETHAN ART of TRADITION, which formed the FIRST BOOK of this Work as it was originally prepared for the Press, is reserved for separate publication.]
THE ELIZABETHAN ART OF DELIVERY AND TRADITION.

PART I.
MICHAEL DE MONTAIGNE'S 'PRIVATE AND RETIRED ARTS.'
I. Ascent from Particulars to the 'Highest Parts of Sciences,' by the Enigmatic Method illustrated
II. Further Illustration of 'Particular Methods of Tradition.'--Embarrassments of Literary Statesmen
III. The Possibility of great anonymous Works,--or Works published under an assumed name,--conveying under rhetorical Disguises the Principal Sciences,--re-suggested and illustrated

PART II.
THE BACONIAN RHETORIC, OR THE METHOD OF PROGRESSION.
I. THE 'BEGINNERS.'--['Particular Methods of Tradition.'-- The Double Method of 'Illustration' and 'Concealment']
II. INDEX to the 'Illustrated' and 'Concealed Tradition' of the Principal and Supreme Sciences.--THE SCIENCE OF POLICY
III. THE SCIENCE OF MORALITY. Section I. The Exemplar of Good
IV. THE SCIENCE OF MORALITY. Section II. The Husbandry thereunto, or the Cure and Culture of the Mind.--APPLICATION
V. THE SCIENCE OF MORALITY.--ALTERATION
VI. Method of Convoying the Wisdom of the Moderns
* * * * *
BOOK II.
ELIZABETHAN 'SECRETS OF MORALITY AND POLICY'; OR, THE FABLES OF THE NEW LEARNING.
INTRODUCTORY.
I. The Design II. The Missing Books of the Great Instauration or 'Philosophy itself'

PART I.
LEAR'S PHILOSOPHER;
[OR, THE LAW OF THE 'SPECIAL AND RESPECTIVE DUTIES,' DEFINED AND 'ILLUSTRATED' IN TABLES OF 'PRESENCE' AND 'ABSENCE.']
I. Philosophy in the Palace II. Unaccommodated Man III. The King and the Beggar IV. The Use of Eyes V. The Statesman's Note-Book--and the Play

PART II.
JULIUS CAESAR AND CORIOLANUS.
THE SCIENTIFIC CURE OF THE COMMON-WEAL;
OR,
'THE COMMON DUTY OF EVERY MAN AS A MAN, OR MEMBER OF A STATE,' DEFINED AND ILLUSTRATED IN 'NEGATIVE INSTANCES' AND 'INSTANCES OF PRESENCE.'
JULIUS CAESAR;
OR, THE EMPIRICAL TREATMENT IN DISEASES OF THE COMMON-WEAL EXAMINED.
I. The Death of Tyranny; or, the Question of the Prerogative II. Caesar's Spirit
CORIOLANUS.
THE QUESTION OF THE CONSULSHIP; OR, THE SCIENTIFIC CURE OF THE COMMON-WEAL PROPOUNDED.
I. The Elizabethan Heroism II. Criticism of the Martial Government III. 'Insurrections Arguing' IV. Political Retrospect V. The Popular Election VI. The Scientific Method in Politics VII. Volumnia and her Boy VIII. Metaphysical Aid IX. The Cure.--Plan of Innovation.--New Definitions. X. The Cure.--Plan of Innovation.--New Constructions. XI. The Cure.--Plan of Innovation.--'The Initiative' XII. The Ignorant Election revoked.--A 'Wrestling Instance'. XIII. Conclusion
PREFACE.
This Volume contains the argument, drawn from the Plays usually attributed to Shakspere, in support of a theory which the author of it has demonstrated by historical evidences in another work. Having never read this historical demonstration (which remains still in manuscript, with the exception of a preliminary chapter, published long ago in an American periodical), I deem it necessary to cite the author's own account of it:--
'The Historical Part of this work (which was originally the principal part, and designed to furnish the historical