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To: betty boop

You go girl......


171 posted on 08/22/2011 11:50:44 AM PDT by metmom (For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slave)
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To: metmom; Alamo-Girl; Mind-numbed Robot; Matchett-PI; xzins; stfassisi; exDemMom
Thanks for the encouraging words, dear sister in Christ!

BTW, all the Bacon quotes in my last were taken from his splendid and still eminently readable Novum Organum.

There is no question in my mind that Bacon was a brilliant, penetrating observer of the intellectual currents of his time, "scientific" (actually "natural philosophical" in the parlance of his day) and "theological." Also there is no question in my mind that he was — among his various other splendid accomplishments — a very great literary artist....

Bacon's language is penetrating, concise, transparent, fair-minded — amazingly conveyed in a manner out-of-tune with the existing "style" conventions of his time. IOW, it hits the modern ear pretty directly....

The best part, for me, was his elaboration of "The Four Idols." He had me variously laughing out loud so to bring tears to my eyes, or praying God to bless him for his astounding insight, by turns throughout....

Anyhoot, highly recommended reading....

Thanks, dear sister metmom!

172 posted on 08/22/2011 2:47:00 PM PDT by betty boop (We are led to believe a lie when we see with, and not through, the eye. — William Blake)
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