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!
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Rachel got healed of a kidney stone today. She was scheduled for a lithotripsy this morning to have a stone that was blocking her kidney on Fri to be blasted.
When she went in there to have it done, they couldn’t find a trace of the stone, no fragments, no nothing, and no signs of blockage. It completely disappeared.
Still waiting for science to explain that away.