ENGLISH 3RL6 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Aphorism, Dialectic
11 Apr 2018
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A new reading schedule will be made and posted on avenue. There is no take home test in term two. His style is different than sidney"s defence of poesy because bacon uses simpler. He is trying to appeal to the (cid:498)common person(cid:499) Bacon is the best example that one"s style of writing is a message itself. Bacon"s intention is not to teach a system/ philosophy-> he wants to initiate. He feels that people may interpret his work differently terms and easily accessible metaphors. He uses a lot of question-> (cid:498)what is truth? (cid:499) He uses pilate-> who made a bad choice because he just followed what other people were saying was the truth. Not just accepting what he says as gospel. investigation. Aphorism: it is a statement of general principle that is expressed memorably, as it condenses a lot of wisdom into a few words.
