Francis Bacon 1

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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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CONT

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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CONT

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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CONT

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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CONT

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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