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Thank you for your attention. Francis Bacon Of Studies Francis Bacon (1561-1626) Content Bacon’s Main Experience Bacon’s Famous Works Analysis of Of Studies In 1561 born in London In 1573 entered Cambridge University In 1579 his father passed away In 1582 received the Qualification for Lawyer In 1606 Married Alice Barnham Bacon In 1626 Mar. made an experiment Apr. died of bronchitis Bacon’s Main Experiences Bacon’s chief contribution to posterity lies in his role as the founder of materialism in philosophy and science in England. Essays (1597) The Proficiency and Advancement of Learning (1605) Novum Organum (1620) The New Atlantis (1626) Bacon’s Works Characteristics of Bacon’s Essays Bacon’s essays are famous for their brevity, compactness and powerfulness. Yet there is an obvious stylistic change in the Essays. The sentences in the first edition are charged and crowded with symmetries. They are composed in a rather affected way. However, the final edition not only enlarges the range of theme , but also brings forth the looser and more persuasive style. The essays are well-arranged and enriched by Biblical allusions, metaphors and cadence. Analysis of Of Studies Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Reading has three functions.It delights you;it beautifies you; and it strengthens your ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness① and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. The delight of reading lies in your private life and retirement. The beautifying of reading lies in how you talk to others.The way reading strengthens your ablity lies in your act of judging, how you assess a person or situation or event and how you deal with it. privateness: private life discourse: carrying on a conversation For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs, come best from