Question

What are the main benefits of study in the essay “Of Studies” by Francis Bacon?

• A. Delight, ornament and ability.
• B. Wisdom, power, and eloquence
• C. Entertainment, skill, and influence
• D. Insight, beauty, and knowledge

Answer 1

Answer:

A. Delight, ornament and ability.

Francis Bacon (1561-1626)

• English philosopher, statesman, scientist and essayist

• Lord Chancellor of England

• The beginner of empiricism

• Also known as Lord Verulam

• Popularised inductive method

• Baconian method

• Knighted in 1603

• Queen Elizabeth impressed by his precocious intellect called him "the young Lord Keeper"

• Father of English essays

• "Wisest and meanest of mankind" [Alex- ander pope, 'In his essay on man he refers bacon as wisest']

• Essays came in three editions

• First edition with 10 essays in 1597

• Second edition with 38 essays in 1612

• Third edition with 58 essays in 1625

• Essays subtitled as Counsels Civil and Moral