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Of Revenge – Francis Bacon – Complete Explanation

Published on: 02/05/2019 | Last Updated on: 20/09/2022 by Admin

Of Revenge by Francis Bacon Complete explanation of the essay alongside the original text Original Revenge is a kind of wild justice; which the more man’s nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. Explanation The urge to avenge the humiliations, injustices … Read more

Of Adversity – Francis Bacon – Complete Explanation

Published on: 02/05/2019 | Last Updated on: 20/09/2022 by Admin

Of Adversity by Francis Bacon Complete explanation of the essay alongside the original text Original IT WAS an high speech of Seneca (after the manner of the Stoics), that the good things, which belong to prosperity, are to be wished; but the good things, that … Read more

Of Followers and Friends – Francis Bacon – Complete Explanation

Published on: 01/05/2019 | Last Updated on: 20/09/2022 by Admin

Of Followers and Friends by Francis Bacon Complete explanation of the essay alongside the original text Original COSTLY followers are not to be liked; lest while a man maketh his train longer, he make his wings shorter. Explanation As we live our lives, we come … Read more

Of Expenses – Francis Bacon – Complete Explanation

Published on: 27/04/2019 | Last Updated on: 20/09/2022 by Admin

Of Expenses by Francis Bacon Complete explanation of the essay alongside the original text Original RICHES are for spending, and spending for honor and good actions. Therefore extraordinary expense must be limited by the worth of the occasion; for voluntary undoing may be as well … Read more

Of Love – Francis Bacon – Complete Explanation

Published on: 26/04/2019 | Last Updated on: 20/09/2022 by Admin

Of Love by Francis Bacon Complete explanation of the essay alongside the original text Original THE stage is more beholding to love, than the life of man. For as to the stage, love is ever matter of comedies, and now and then of tragedies; but … Read more

Of Discourse – Francis Bacon – Complete Explanation

Published on: 23/04/2019 | Last Updated on: 20/09/2022 by Admin

Of Discourse by Francis Bacon Complete explanation of the essay alongside the original text Original SOME in their discourse desire rather commendation of wit, in being able to hold all arguments, than of judgment, in discerning what is true; as if it were a praise … Read more

Of Delay – Francis Bacon – Complete Explanation

Published on: 22/04/2019 | Last Updated on: 20/09/2022 by Admin

Of Delay by Francis Bacon Complete explanation of the essay alongside the original text Original Fortune is like the market; where many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall. And again, it is sometimes like Sibylla’s offer; which at first offereth … Read more

Of Truth – Francis Bacon – Complete Explanation

Published on: 14/04/2019 | Last Updated on: 20/09/2022 by Admin

Of Truth by Francis Bacon Complete explanation of the essay alongside the original text Original WHAT is truth? said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer. Explanation Here Francis Bacon refers to Pontius Pilate, who occupied a position of influence in Emperor Tiberius’s … Read more

Of Studies – Francis Bacon – Complete Explanation

Published on: 13/04/2019 | Last Updated on: 20/02/2024 by Admin

Of Studies by Francis Bacon Complete explanation of the essay alongside the original text Original Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Explanation Study as an activity, in whatever form, brings us joy and enhances our thinking, speaking and writing ability adding charm … Read more