francis bacon's of love, 19, july, 2011
DESCRIPTION
TRANSCRIPT
FRANCIS BACON’SOF LOVE
19TH JULY 2011I MAIV HOURSPIC HALLBYS. NEHRU
FRANCIS BACON
AS A PHILOSOPHER BACON IS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF MODERN SYSTEMATIC THOUGHT
HIS ESSAYS IS AN APPENDIX TO HIS LONGER WORKS, ESPECIALLY THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING
HIS ESSAYS PROVIDE A PRACTICAL EVERYDAY PHILOSOPHY OF THE LIFE OF HIS OWN WORLD
IN ITS THREE VERSIONS THE WORK SHOWS THE DEVELOPMENT OF BACON’S ENGLISH STYLE
FRANCIS BACON
IN THE FIRST EDITION THE STYLE IS CRISP, DETACHED AND EPIGRAMMATIC , CONVEYING THE IMPRESSION THAT EACH ESSAY HAS ARISEN FROM SOME HAPPY THOUGHT OR PHRASE, AROUND WHICH OTHER PITHY STATEMENTS ARE AGGLOMERATED
FRANCIS BACON
IN THE LATER EDITIONS THE IDEAS ARE EXPANDED, THE EXPRESSION LOSES ITS SPIKY POINTEDNESS
IN THE END THERE IS AN APPROACH TO A FREER MIDDLE STYLE
IN CHOICE OF SUBJECT AND APPROACH THEY REVEAL HIS BREADTH OF INTELLECT, HIS WORLDLY WISDOM, HIS CONCERN WITH PUBLIC AND MATERIAL ADVANCEMENT
FRANCIS BACON
THEY ARE IMPERSONAL, OBJECTIVE, AND ORDERLY IN THOUGHT, AND REFLECT A COOL, SCIENTIFIC DETACHMENT
THEY ARE WRITTEN IN THE LANGUAGE OF ORDINARY MEN, AND THE IMAGERY IS THAT OF EVERYDAY LIFE
THE ESSAYS ARE BRIEF AND FULL OF CONDENSED, WEIGHTY AUTHENTICAL SENTENCES, WHICH HAVE THE QUALITIES OF PROVERBIAL EXPRESSIONS
FRANCIS BACON
EXPRESSIONS ARE NOTABLE FOR THEIR PRECISION AND CLARITY OF PHRASING
MANY HAVE STRIKING OPENINGS
OF LOVE
Bacon presents the merits and demerits of love in his essay, “Of Love”.
Love plays rather a great role in stage than in real life
Having love as a theme many plays were produced mostly comedies and also few tragedies
OF LOVE
But love causes more trouble in real life Love may drive a man away from his
career as it happened in the case of Antony
Love can also drive a man mad with jealousy as in the case of Othello
In real life none has lost his mental balance for the sake of love
OF LOVE
There were exceptions like Antony and Claudius (Wiseman of Rome)
Bacon says that it is foolish to kneel before a lady for the sake of love
He says that there are more mysteries to be unravelled about mankind
OF LOVE
Love distorts men’s judgement of things Men indulge in flattery once they fall in love Their flattery would be worse than that of
self-flattery. One cannot love and one cannot be wise at
the same time Man should keep vigil against the passion
of love . A lover may not only lose other things for
the sake of love but also loses love
OF LOVE
In spite of all the sacrifice it may defeat its own object
Paris lost everything for Helen but finally he lost Helen
Love is directly proportional to both prosperity and adversity
Love is the child of folly If it cannot be resisted that should be
kept within limits It may ruin one’s life
OF LOVE
For soldiers drinking and loving are the
same because it is an alibi for dangers which they are exposed
A man becomes kind hearted if he loves a large number of people
Married love is good Love of friends is great Immoral love only debases human value