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FRANCIS BACONBy
Sabeen Qamar 12029012-004Romaillah bint Azfar 12029012-001
Mavish Saleem 12029012-002
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HIS IDEOLOGY
A worldly wise man
True follower of Machiavellian principles
preached morality but his morality is subordinate toworldly success and he never hesitated to sacrifice it for
worldly benefit. "A lie faces God and shrinks from man.
Utilitarian Approach
"Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man and
writing an exact man.""Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, andsome few to be chewed and digested."
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CONT
An Empiricist
Creator of the modern school of experimental research
Pioneer of modern sciences
Staunch follower of theory of Sense Perception
Novum Organum - philosophical work by Francis Bacon,
written in Latin
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FRANCIS BACON'S PROSE STYLE
Father of English prose
His essays are the fullest and finest expression
of the practical wisdom he had acquired from
study experience and meditation. (W.J.Long)
His style was completely different from his
contemporaries like Hookers, Ascham, Lily and
Ralgh
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His prose has aphoristic style
It always depends on the device
of balance and antithesis
Terseness of expression and epigrammatic brevity in the
essays Master of simile and metaphor
Master of rhetoric and pithy sentences
Alexander Pope called him The wisest, brightest andmeanest
of mankind.
CONT
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FRIENDSHIP ESSAY The essay Of Friendship, re-captures a primary essence of
human life The fruit of humanity
The essay, mostly reminds the reader the great comfort of having
a good friend
A friend is such a person with whom a person can share his/herfeelings and emotion which cannot be shared with anyone
If we keep the suffocation within we will destroy our mental
peace but if we share it with a friend the suffocation will decline
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Bacon begins the essay by invoking the idea that
Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god
Unfit for society
He may be so self-sufficient that he may not need society
Bacon is not ruling out the value of solitude; in fact, he isreserving solitude for higher kind of life, which is possible for a
few great men
Epimenides, Numa, Empedocles, Apollonius and some
Christian saints
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It is the highest kind of life, it can be enjoyed uninterruptedly for
the greatest length of time...
Bacons logic is that those who live in society should enjoy the
bliss of friendship for more than one reason
Friendship is necessary for maintaining good mental health
Through the use of friendship one can lighten the heart
Sorrows, joys, fears, hopes, suspicions, advice
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Practice of friendship on the highest social level
Kings and princes, in order to make friends, would
raise some persons who would be fit for friendship
Participes curarum, which means sharers of their
cares He gives example of friends from the Roman history:
1. Julius Caesar and Antonius,
2.Augustus and Agrippa,3.Tiberius Caesar and Sejanus,
4.Septimius Severus and Plautianus
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STYLE OF WRITING
Aphoristic style
Short sentence expressing a truth in the fewest possible
words
Bacon excels in this kind of writing
Range of knowledge, the brightness of intellect and
wit, the keen practical wisdom, all packed into the
minimum possible words
Example:Those that want friends to open themselves unto are
cannibals of their hearts.
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OF MARRIAGE AND SINGLE LIFE
Central Argument
Single men have a greater potential to be
successful than married men.
Wives rather weigh men down and that men have
to share their wealth with women.
Married and single life
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MARRIED LIFE
Married man is burdened with wife and
children.
Married men are kind hearted.Married one worries for the welfare of their
children in future.
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UNMARRIED LIFE
Helpful to the society
More socialize
Good friends, good employers and goodsubordinates but they can never be goodcitizens
Men prefer to remain single because theyvalue freedom more. These men are selfishin the view of Bacon
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SOME IMPORTANT ASPECTS
A clergyman has to remain single in order to
serve others
Judges do not need a wife at all
Bad husbands always have good wives.
If a woman chooses a bad husband then she will
be more devoted to show to the world that her
choice was right
Jealous husband will not be respected by wife
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For a young man wife is a mistress.
For a middle-aged man she is a
companion For a old age man she is a nurse
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worldly-wisdom.html
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