BACON\’S SELECTED ESSAYS
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WHAT is Truth? said jesting Pilate; and would not say for an answer. Certainly there be that delight in giddiness and count it a bondage to fix a belief; affecting free-will in thinking, as well as in acting. And, though the sects of philosophers of that kind be gone, yet there remain certain discoursing wits which are of the same veins, though there be not so much blood in them as was in those of the ancients. But it is not only the difficulty and labour which men take in finding out of truth; nor again that, when it is found, it imposeth upon men\’s thoughts that doth bring lies in favour; but a natural though corrupt love of the lie itself.One of the later schools of the Grecians examineth the matter, and is at a stand to think what should be in it, that men should love lies, where neither they make for pleasure, as with poets, nor for advantage, as with the merchant; but
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WHAT is Truth? â āϏāϤā§āϝ āĻā§? said jesting Pilate; â āϰāϏāĻŋāĻāϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻŋāϞāĻžāϤ āĻŦāϞā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ; and would not stay for an answer. â āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāϤā§āϤāϰā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻ āĻĒā§āĻā§āώāĻž āĻāϰā§āύāύāĻŋāĨ¤ Certainly there be that delight in giddiness â āύāĻŋāĻļā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āϞā§āĻ āĻāĻā§ āϝāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ āϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰāϤāĻž āĻ āĻāĻā§āĻāϞāϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāύāύā§āĻĻ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ and count it a bondage to fix a belief; â āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ⧠āϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻ āϧāϰāύā§āϰ āĻĻāĻžāϏāϤā§āĻŦ āĻŽāύ⧠āĻāϰā§; affecting free-will in thinking, â āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰā§āĻ āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āύ āĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§, as well as in acting. â āϝā§āĻŽāύ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻžāĻā§āϰ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰā§āĻ āĻāϰā§āĨ¤
And, though the sects of philosophers of that kind be gone, â āĻāĻŦāĻ āϝāĻĻāĻŋāĻ āϏā§āĻ āϧāϰāύā§āϰ āĻĻāĻžāϰā§āĻļāύāĻŋāĻāĻĻā§āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻāύ āĻŦāĻŋāϞā§āĻĒā§āϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻā§, yet there remain certain discoursing wits â āϤāĻŦā§āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āϤāϰā§āĻāĻĒā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋāĻā§āĻŦā§ āĻāĻāύāĻ āϰāϝāĻŧā§ āĻā§āĻā§ which are of the same veins, â āϝāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āϏā§āĻŦāĻāĻžāĻŦ āĻāĻāĻ āϰāĻāĻŽ, though there be not so much blood in them â āϝāĻĻāĻŋāĻ āϤāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āϤāϤāĻāĻž āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖāĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋ āύā§āĻ as was in those of the ancients. â āϝāϤāĻāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻā§āύāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
But it is not only the difficulty and labour â āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻā§āĻŦāϞ āϏāϤā§āϝ āĻā§āĻāĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ āĻŋāύāϤāĻž āĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻŽāĻ āύāϝāĻŧ which men take in finding out of truth; â āϝāĻž āĻŽāĻžāύā§āώāĻā§ āϏāϤā§āϝ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāώā§āĻāĻžāϰ⧠āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧ; nor again that, when it is found, â āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻāĻžāĻ āύāϝāĻŧ āϝā§, āϝāĻāύ āϏāϤā§āϝ āĻĒāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ, it imposeth upon men\’s thoughts â āϤāĻāύ āϤāĻž āĻŽāĻžāύā§āώā§āϰ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύā§āϤā§āϰāĻŖ āĻāϰā§āĻĒ āĻāϰ⧠that doth bring lies in favour; â āϝāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖā§ āĻŽāĻžāύā§āώ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻā§āώ āύā§āϝāĻŧ; but a natural though corrupt love of the lie itself. â āĻŦāϰāĻ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāύā§āώā§āϰ āĻāĻ āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ, āϝāĻĻāĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϤ, āĻāĻžāϞā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻž āϰāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
One of the later schools of the Grecians examineth the matter, â āĻā§āϰāĻŋāĻāĻĻā§āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŦāϰā§āϤ⧠āϝā§āĻā§āϰ āĻāĻ āĻĻāĻžāϰā§āĻļāύāĻŋāĻ āĻŽāϤāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āώāĻž āĻāϰā§, and is at a stand to think â āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āĻŽāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻžāĻŦāϤ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻā§ what should be in it, â āĻāϤ⧠āĻāĻŽāύ āĻā§ āĻāĻā§, that men should love lies, â āϝ⧠āĻŽāĻžāύā§āώ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻžāϞā§āĻŦāĻžāϏā§, where neither they make for pleasure, as with poets, â āϝā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝāĻž āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāύāύā§āĻĻ āĻĻā§āϝāĻŧ āύāĻž, āϝā§āĻŽāύ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϰ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰ⧠āĻĻā§āϝāĻŧ, nor for advantage, as with the merchant; â āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻā§āύ⧠āϞāĻžāĻāĻ āĻāύ⧠āĻĻā§āϝāĻŧ āύāĻž, āϝā§āĻŽāύ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāϏāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰ⧠āĻāύ⧠āĻĻā§āϝāĻŧ; but … â āϤāĻŦā§āĻ …āĨ¤
Short Summary:OF TRUTH
In the opening of \”Of Truth,\” Francis Bacon explains that many people do not like truth because they enjoy uncertainty and freedom in thinking. He argues that people are naturally attracted to lies, not only because truth is difficult to discover, but also because there is a corrupt love of falsehood in human nature.
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for the lie\’s sake. But I cannot tell this same with truth is a naked and open day-light, that doth not shew the masks and mummeries and triumphs of the world, half so stately and daintily as candle-lights. Truth may perhaps come to the price of a pearl, that-sheweth best by day; but it will not rise to the price of a diamond or carbuncle, that sheweth best in varied lights. A mixture of lie doth ever add pleasure. Doth any man doubt, that if there were taken out of men\’s minds vain opinions, flattering hopes, false valuations, imaginations as one would, and the like, but it would leave the minds of a number of men poor shrunken things, full of melancholy and indisposition, and unpleasing to themselves? One of the Fathers, in great severity, called poesy vinum dacmonum the wine of devils), because it filleth the imagination; and yet it is but with the shadow of a lie. But it is not the lie that passeth through the mind, but the lie that sinketh in and settleth in it, that doth the hurt, such as we spake of before. But howsoever these things are thus in men\’s depraved judgements and affections, yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making or wooing of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it and the
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for the lie\’s sake. â āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϰā§āĻĨā§āĻāĨ¤ But I cannot tell: â āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ āύāĻž: this same truth is a naked and open day-light, â āĻāĻ āϏāϤā§āϝ āĻšāϞ⧠āĻāύā§āĻŽā§āĻā§āϤ āĻ āύāĻā§āύ āĻĻāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϞā§āĻā§āϰ āĻŽāϤā§, that doth not shew the masks and mummeries and triumphs of the world, â āϝāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦā§āϰ āĻŽā§āĻā§āĻļ, āĻāĻžāύ-āĻāĻŖāĻŋāϤāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻāĻŽāĻāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āύāĻž, half so stately and daintily as candle-lights. â āϝāϤāĻāĻž āϏā§āύā§āĻĻāϰ āĻ āĻāĻāϰā§āώāĻŖā§āϝāĻŧāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŽā§āĻŽāĻŦāĻžāϤāĻŋāϰ āĻāϞ⧠āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Truth may perhaps come to the price of a pearl, â āϏāϤā§āϝ āĻšāϝāĻŧāϤ⧠āĻŽā§āĻā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§āϞā§āϝā§āϰ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻšāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§, that sheweth best by day; â āϝāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāύā§āϰ āĻāϞā§āϤ⧠āϏāĻŦāĻā§āϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ; but it will not rise to the price of a diamond or carbuncle, â āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āϤāĻž āĻšā§āϰāĻž āĻŦāĻž āϰāĻā§āϤāĻŽāĻŖāĻŋāϰ āĻŽā§āϞā§āϝ⧠āĻĒā§āĻāĻāĻžāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧠āύāĻž, that sheweth best in varied lights. â āϝāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻŋāύā§āύ āĻāϞā§āϤ⧠āϏāĻŦāĻā§āϝāĻŧā§ āϏā§āύā§āĻĻāϰ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ A mixture of lie doth ever add pleasure. â āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻŖ āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāĻ āĻāύāύā§āĻĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Doth any man doubt, â āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻŋ āϏāύā§āĻĻā§āĻš āĻāϰā§, that if there were taken out of men\’s minds â āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāύā§āώā§āϰ āĻŽāύ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻĻā§āϰ āĻāϰ⧠āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ vain opinions, flattering hopes, false valuations, â āĻ āĻŽā§āϞāĻ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž, āϤā§āώāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĻāĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻāĻļāĻž, āĻā§āϰāĻžāύā§āϤ āĻŽā§āϞā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ, imaginations as one would, and the like, â āĻāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻŽāϤ⧠āĻāϞā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ āϧāϰāύā§āϰ āĻ āύā§āϝāĻžāύā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ, but it would leave the minds of a number of men â āϤāĻžāĻšāϞ⧠āĻ āύā§āĻ āĻŽāĻžāύā§āώā§āϰ āĻŽāύāĻā§ āϤāĻž āϰā§āĻā§ āϝāĻžāĻŦā§ poor shrunken things, â āĻĻāϰāĻŋāĻĻā§āϰ āĻ āϏāĻāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āĻ āĻŦāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ, full of melancholy and indisposition, â āĻŦāĻŋāώāĻŖā§āĻŖāϤāĻž āĻ āĻ āϏā§āĻŦāϏā§āϤāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ, and unpleasing to themselves? â āĻāĻŦāĻ āύāĻŋāĻā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ āĻ āĻĒā§āϰā§āϤāĻŋāĻāϰ āĻāϰ⧠āϤā§āϞāĻŦā§?
One of the Fathers, in great severity, called poesy â āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻā§āύ āϧāϰā§āĻŽāĻā§āϰā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻāĻāύ āĻāĻ ā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻŦāϞā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ vinum daemonum (the wine of devils), â vinum daemonum (āĻļāϝāĻŧāϤāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻŽāĻĻ), because it filleth the imagination; â āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāϞā§āĻĒāύāĻžāĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŖ āĻāϰā§; and yet it is but with the shadow of a lie. â āĻāĻŦāĻ āϤāĻŦā§āĻ āϤāĻž āĻā§āĻŦāϞ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŽāĻžāϤā§āϰāĨ¤But it is not the lie that passeth through the mind, â āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āϝ⧠āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝāĻž āĻļā§āϧ⧠āĻŽāύā§āϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāϞ⧠āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ, but the lie that sinketh in and settleth in it, â āĻŦāϰāĻ āϝ⧠āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝāĻž āĻŽāύ⧠āĻāĻā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦā§āĻļ āĻāϰ⧠āĻāĻŦāĻ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦāϏ⧠āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ, that doth the hurt, â āϏā§āĻāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āώāϤāĻŋ āĻāϰā§, such as we spake of before. â āϝā§āĻŽāύāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāĻā§ āĻŦāϞā§āĻāĻŋāĨ¤
But howsoever these things are thus in men\’s depraved judgements and affections, â āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻŽāĻžāύā§āώā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰāĻŦā§āϧ āĻ āĻ āύā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻāϏāĻŦ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ āϝā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āĻ āĻĨāĻžāĻā§āĻ āύāĻž āĻā§āύ, yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that â āϤāĻŦā§āĻ āϏāϤā§āϝ, āϝāĻž āύāĻŋāĻā§āĻ āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰāĻ, āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻļā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϝ⧠the inquiry of truth, â āϏāϤā§āϝā§āϰ āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ, which is the love-making or wooing of it, â āϝāĻž āϏāϤā§āϝāĻā§ āĻāĻžāϞā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻž āĻŦāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ āύā§āĻŦā§āώāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϤā§āϞā§āϝ, the knowledge of truth, â āϏāϤā§āϝā§āϰ āĻā§āĻāĻžāύ, which is the presence of it, â āϝāĻž āϏāϤā§āϝā§āϰ āĻāĻĒāϏā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋ, and the… â āĻāĻŦāĻ…āĨ¤
Short Summary:OF TRUTH
In this part of \”Of Truth,\” Bacon explains that people often prefer lies because they make life more attractive and pleasant. Truth is compared to clear daylight, while lies are like artificial lights that make things appear more beautiful. He argues that false hopes, fantasies, and illusions give comfort to many people. However, the most harmful lies are those that settle deeply in the mind and become beliefs. Despite this, Bacon maintains that seeking and knowing the truth is the highest good for human beings.
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belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature. The first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense; the last was the light of reason; and his Sabbath work ever since, is the illumination of his spirit. First be breathed light upon the face of the matter or chaos; then he breathed light into the face of men and still he breatheth and inspireth light into the face of his chosen. The poet that beautified the sect that was otherwise inferior to the rest, saith yet excel-lently well: It is a pleasure to stand upon pon the shore, and to see ships tost upon the sea; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle and the adventures thereof below: but no pleaure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of Truth, (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always pure and serene), and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below; so always that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride. Certainly, it is heaven upon earth, to have a man\’s mind move in charity, rest in Providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.To pass from theological and philosophical truth, to the truth of civil business; it will be acknowledged even by those that practise it not, that clear and round dealing is
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belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, â āϏāϤā§āϝ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ, āϝāĻž āϏāϤā§āϝāĻā§ āĻāĻĒāĻā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ, is the sovereign good of human nature. â āϤāĻž āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦ āĻĒā§āϰāĻā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āϏāϰā§āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻ āĻāϞā§āϝāĻžāĻŖāĨ¤The first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense; â āϏā§āώā§āĻāĻŋāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāύāĻā§āϞā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻļā§āĻŦāϰā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽ āϏā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāϞ āĻāύā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āĻāϞā§; the last was the light of reason; â āĻāϰ āĻļā§āώ āϏā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŋāϞ āϝā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻāϞā§; and his Sabbath work ever since, is the illumination of his spirit. â āĻāĻŦāĻ āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āϤāĻžāĻāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻžāĻŽāĻĻāĻŋāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻšāϞ⧠āĻāϤā§āĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāϞā§āĻāĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύāĨ¤
First he breathed light upon the face of the matter or chaos; â āĻĒā§āϰāĻĨāĻŽā§ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻĒāĻĻāĻžāϰā§āĻĨ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻā§āĻāϞāĻžāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āĻāϞ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ; then he breathed light into the face of men; â āϤāĻžāϰāĻĒāϰ āĻŽāĻžāύā§āώā§āϰ āĻŽā§āĻāĻŽāĻŖā§āĻĄāϞ⧠āĻāϞ⧠āϏāĻā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ; and still he breatheth and inspireth light into the face of his chosen. â āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻāύāĻ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻāϰ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŋāϤāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻāϞā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰā§āϰāĻŖāĻž āĻāĻžāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĻā§āύāĨ¤
The poet that beautified the sect that was otherwise inferior to the rest, saith yet excellently well: â āϝ⧠āĻāĻŦāĻŋ āĻ āĻĒā§āĻā§āώāĻžāĻā§āϤ āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύāĻŽāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĻāϰā§āĻļāύ-āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻā§ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ āϤā§āϝāύā§āϤ āϏā§āύā§āĻĻāϰāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦāϞā§āĻā§āύ: It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tost upon the sea; â āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰāϤā§āϰ⧠āĻĻāĻžāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāϤā§āϤāĻžāϞ āĻĸā§āĻāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻāĻā§āϞā§āĻā§ āĻĻā§āϞāϤ⧠āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāύāύā§āĻĻā§āϰ; a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle and the adventures thereof below; â āĻĻā§āϰā§āĻā§āϰ āĻāĻžāύāĻžāϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĻāĻžāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āύāĻŋāĻā§ āϝā§āĻĻā§āϧ āĻ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻāύāĻžāĻŦāϞāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻāύāύā§āĻĻā§āϰ; but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of Truth, â āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āϏāϤā§āϝā§āϰ āĻāĻā§āĻ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧠āĻĻāĻžāĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāύāύā§āĻĻā§āϰ āϏāĻā§āĻā§ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāύāύā§āĻĻā§āϰ āϤā§āϞāύāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ āύāĻž, (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always pure and serene), â (āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ, āϝāĻž āĻāĻžāϰāĻ āĻ āϧā§āύ āύāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŦāĻ āϝā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ āϏāϰā§āĻŦāĻĻāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŽāϞ āĻ āĻļāĻžāύā§āϤ), and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below; â āĻāĻŦāĻ āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻāĻĒāϤā§āϝāĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŽāĻžāύā§āώā§āϰ āĻā§āϞ, āĻĒāĻĨāĻā§āϰāώā§āĻāϤāĻž, āĻā§āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻļāĻž āĻ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž; so always that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride. â āϤāĻŦā§ āĻāĻ āĻĻā§āĻļā§āϝ āϝā§āύ āϏāĻšāĻžāύā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻā§āĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āĻ āĻšāĻāĻāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻž āĻāϰā§āĻŦā§āϰ āϏāĻā§āĻā§ āύāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Certainly, it is heaven upon earth, â āύāĻŋāĻļā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻ, āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻŦā§āϤā§āĻ āϏā§āĻŦāϰā§āĻā§āϰ āĻŽāϤā§, to have a man\’s mind move in charity, â āϝāĻāύ āĻŽāĻžāύā§āώā§āϰ āĻŽāύ āĻĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŽā§ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻāĻžāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ, rest in Providence, â āĻāĻļā§āĻŦāϰā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āĻļāĻžāύā§āϤāĻŋ āĻā§āĻāĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ, and turn upon the poles of truth. â āĻāĻŦāĻ āϏāϤā§āϝāĻā§ āĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻāϰ⧠āĻāĻŦāϰā§āϤāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤To pass from theological and philosophical truth, â āϧāϰā§āĻŽā§āϝāĻŧ āĻ āĻĻāĻžāϰā§āĻļāύāĻŋāĻ āϏāϤā§āϝā§āϰ āĻāϞā§āĻāύāĻž āĻĨā§āĻā§ āϏāϰ⧠āĻāϏā§, to the truth of civil business; â āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āĻŦāύā§āϰ āϏāϤā§āϝā§āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāϞā§; it will be acknowledged even by those that practise it not, â āĻāĻŽāύāĻāĻŋ āϝāĻžāϰāĻž āϤāĻž āĻ āύā§āϏāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰ⧠āύāĻž, āϤāĻžāϰāĻžāĻ āϏā§āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻŦā§ āϝā§, that clear and round dealing is… â āϏā§āĻĒāώā§āĻ, āϏ⧠āĻ āϏāϰāϞ āĻāĻāϰāĻŖ āĻšāϞ⧅
Short Summary:OF TRUTH
In this section, Bacon says that the search for truth, the knowledge of truth, and belief in truth are the highest blessings of human life. He compares truth to divine light given by God to the world, human reason, and the human spirit. Using a poet\’s image, he argues that the greatest pleasure is to stand on the high ground of truth and observe the errors of the world with sympathy rather than pride. A life guided by truth, charity, and trust in God is like heaven on earth.
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the honour of man\’s nature; and that mixture of falsehood is like an alloy in coin of gold and silver, which may make the metal work the better, but it embaseth it. For these wind-ing and crooked courses are the goings of the serpent; which goeth basely upon the belly, and not upon the feet.There is no vice that doth so cover a man with shame as to be found false and perfidious. And therefore Montaigne saith prettily, when he inquired the reason, why the word of the lie should be such a disgrace and such an odious charge ? Surely the wickedness of falsehood and breach of faith can-not possibly be so highly expressed, as in that it shall be the last peal to call the judgements of God upon the generations saith he, If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as 7 much as to say, that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards men. For a lie faces God, and shrinks from man.of men; it being foretold, that when Christ cometh, he shall not find faith upon the earth.
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the honour of man\’s nature; â āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦ āĻĒā§āϰāĻā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻā§āϰāĻŦ; and that mixture of falsehood â āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻŖ is like an alloy in coin of gold and silver, â āϏā§āύāĻž āĻ āϰā§āĻĒāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŽāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻžāĻĻāϧāĻžāϤā§āϰ āĻŽāϤā§, which may make the metal work the better, â āϝāĻž āϧāĻžāϤā§āĻā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰāϝā§āĻā§āϝ āĻāϰ⧠āϤā§āϞāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§, but it embaseth it. â āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§āϞā§āϝ āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻĻā§āϧāϤāĻž āĻāĻŽāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĻā§āϝāĻŧāĨ¤ For these winding and crooked courses â āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāĻž āĻ āĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞ āĻĒāĻĨāĻā§āϞ⧠are the goings of the serpent; â āϏāĻžāĻĒā§āϰ āĻāϞāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻĨā§āϰ āĻŽāϤā§; which goeth basely upon the belly, â āϝ⧠āύāĻŋāĻā§āώā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĒā§āĻā§āϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āĻāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāϞā§, and not upon the feet. â āĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āĻāϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āύāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
There is no vice â āĻāĻŽāύ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻĻā§āώ āύā§āĻ that doth so cover a man with shame â āϝāĻž āĻŽāĻžāύā§āώāĻā§ āĻāϤ āϞāĻā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻā§āĻāύā§āύ āĻāϰ⧠as to be found false and perfidious. â āϝāϤāĻāĻž āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§ āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻāĻžāϤāĻ āĻšāĻŋāϏā§āĻŦā§ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŽāĻžāĻŖāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāϰā§āĨ¤ And therefore Montaigne saith prettily, â āϤāĻžāĻ āĻŽāĻāϤā§āύ āϏā§āύā§āĻĻāϰāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦāϞā§āĻā§āύ, when he inquired the reason, â āϝāĻāύ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āύ, why the word of the lie should be such a disgrace â āĻā§āύ âāĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§â āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāϤ āĻ āĻĒāĻŽāĻžāύāĻāύāĻ and such an odious charge? â āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāϤ āĻā§āĻŖāĻŋāϤ āĻ āĻāĻŋāϝā§āĻ?
Surely the wickedness of falsehood and breach of faith â āύāĻŋāĻļā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāĻāĻā§āĻā§āϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻĒ cannot possibly be so highly expressed, â āĻāϰ āĻā§āϝāĻŧā§ āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋ āϤā§āĻŦā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĒā§āϰāĻāĻžāĻļ āĻāϰāĻž āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻŦ āύāϝāĻŧ, as in that it shall be the last peal â āϝ⧠āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻšāĻŦā§ āĻļā§āώ āϏāϤāϰā§āĻāĻŦāĻžāϰā§āϤāĻž, to call the judgements of God â āϝāĻž āĻāĻļā§āĻŦāϰā§āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāϰāĻā§ āĻāĻšā§āĻŦāĻžāύ āĻāϰāĻŦā§ upon the generations of men; â āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦāĻāĻžāϤāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰāĨ¤
saith he, If it be well weighed, â āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāϞā§āύ, āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāϞā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻāύāĻž āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ, to say that a man lieth, â āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§ āĻŦāϞāĻž, is as much as to say, â āĻĒā§āϰāĻā§āϤāĻĒāĻā§āώ⧠āĻāĻ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāĻžāύ āϝā§, that he is brave towards God, â āϏ⧠āĻāĻļā§āĻŦāϰā§āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻāĻĻā§āϧāϤā§āϝ āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāϝāĻŧ, and a coward towards men. â āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻŽāĻžāύā§āώā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāύ⧠āĻāĻžāĻĒā§āϰā§āώāĨ¤ For a lie faces God, â āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĨā§āϝāĻž āĻāĻļā§āĻŦāϰāĻā§ āĻā§āϝāĻžāϞā§āĻā§āĻ āĻāϰā§, and shrinks from man. â āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻŽāĻžāύā§āώā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāύ⧠āĻāϝāĻŧā§ āϏāϰ⧠āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤it being foretold, â āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻŦā§āĻ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāώā§āϝāĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻŖā§ āĻāϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§, that when Christ cometh, â āϝāĻāύ āĻā§āϰāĻŋāϏā§āĻ āĻāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻāϏāĻŦā§āύ, he shall not find faith upon the earth. â āϤāĻāύ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻŦā§āϤ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻā§āĻāĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻŦā§āύ āύāĻžāĨ¤
Short Summary:OF TRUTH
In the concluding part of \”Of Truth,\” Bacon argues that truth is the highest honor of human nature, while falsehood lowers a person\’s dignity. He compares lies to alloy mixed with gold and silver: they may make things easier, but they reduce their value. Bacon says that nothing brings greater shame than being exposed as false and unfaithful. Quoting Montaigne, he explains that a liar is bold before God but cowardly before people. He ends by warning that dishonesty and lack of faith invite God\’s judgment and that true faith is becoming rare in the world.