Francis Bacon Easy

 

The essay Of Truth shows Bacon's keen observations of human beings. The remark that love of lies is inherent in human beings may sound cynical but is nevertheless undeniable. This essay expresses Bacon's moralistic learning that is his prudential attitude to life. In this essay, he argued that truth is important not only in theological and philosophical fields but also in day-to-day life. Even those who do not practice truthfulness themselves, admit that honest and straightforward dealing denotes nobility. A mixture of truth and falsehood helps in succeeding materially but it debases while it strengthens.

The essay Of Marriage and Single Life deals with the subject of popular interests. Marriage is a human experience and such a topic is bound to appeal even to a common man. Bacon puts forward a balance sheet of assets and liabiljties of married and single life. Eachhas its advantages and disadvantages. Bacon's approach to the institutions of marriage was somewhat utilitarian. Marriage makes a man do better in certain spheres of work and has detrimental effect in other spheres.

In Of Love Bacon took pragmatic point of view in treating the subject "love". According to him, love is result of human folly. If a man resist love, he should keep within limits and keep it apart and isolated from the serious affairs of his life. If love is allowed to interfere with serious business, it will play havoc on man's future and defeat of his fate.

The essay Of Plantations bears the testimony of the fact that Bacon was aware of his age and the demands of the time. In this essay, he emphasized that plantations are among the 'ancient, primitive and heroic works'. Here he discussed the processes and methods of plantation in detail. He also suggested the administrators how to make the plantation more useful for a growing nation.