Sir Francis Bacon

Question 1

What is needed

Answer 1

he concluded is more direct observation external phenomena and less dependence on ancient authorities such as Aristotle and Galen for information about the Physical world

Question 2

The style of the essays, especially those of 1597

Answer 2

shows balance and extreme compression

Question 3

In his work called “studies” read not to contradict nor to believe but

Answer 3

to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested

Question 4

To be tasted
To be swallowed
To be chewed and digested

Answer 4

• means to read only in parts
• means to read cursorily, to read everything and get what’s there
• read it wholly with diligence and attention

Question 5

Principles of good leadership

Answer 5

• They need to accept criticism graciously as much as possible
• To learn to delegate responsibilities as a general rule
• Give clear reasons for your decisions when you changed your position

Question 6

It is strange desire, to seek power and to lose Liberty or to seek power over others and to lose power over a man’s self

Answer 6

(He says when a person gains power over others, paradoxically, he loses power over himself and his own time and actions.)

Question 7

“Illi mors gravis incubat, quinotus nimis omnibus, ignotus moritur sibi”

Answer 7

-The death presses heavily on him who dies well known to others but unknown to himself
-Quote from a play, best known and most influential moral maxims of the Renaissance
(Self-recognition precedes repentance in salvation)

Question 8

Bacon was on trial for

Answer 8

taking bribes. He confessed he was guilty, but he wasn’t influenced to show favoritism.