1. FRANCIS BACON’S OF LOVE 19TH JULY 2011 I MA IV HOUR SPIC HALL BY S. NEHRU
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
6. FRANCIS BACON EXPRESSIONS ARE NOTABLE FOR THEIR PRECISION AND CLARITY OF PHRASING MANY HAVE STRIKING OPENINGS
7. 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
8. OF LOVE But love causes more trouble in real life Lovemay 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
9. 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
10. 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
11. 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
12. 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
