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1. Idols of the Tribe

2. Idols of the Cave

3. Idols of the marketplace

4. Idols of the Theater

What does that even mean?!

"Idols of the Tribe are deceptive beliefs inherent in the mind of man, and therefore belonging to the whole of the human race. Simply put, the human's difficulty in separating emotions from observations and understanding can give us false impressions of the truth based on our feelings at the time." For example, the man who gets cut off by someone in traffic, loses it, chases after the offending driver and vehicle, cuts them off, stops his vehicle and yells at the person clearly has let emotion cloud their better judgment and understanding (Hall 1).

"Idols of the Cave are those which arise within the mind of the individual. The same type of people that fail to see the full picture in life." In the book, it is explained as people who can only see their shadow (Hall 2).

"Idols of the Marketplace are errors arising from the false significance bestowed upon words, and in this classification Bacon anticipated the modern science of semantics." In the book,I took away the notion that it meant the confusion of words with different meanings or just plain creating their own word!(Hall 3)

"The Idols of the Theater are those which are due to sophistry and false learning. These idols are built up in the field of theology, philosophy, and science, and because they are defended by learned groups are accepted without question by the masses." In the book, Plato and his school are mentioned (Hall 4)

References

"Sirbacon.org." 4 idols. Manly P. Hall,Ben Chambers, and Zeb Dahl, n.d. Web. 6 Nov. 2013. <http://www.sirbacon.org/links/4idols.htm>.

"Before the light bulb...." <i>- News</i>. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Nov. 2013. &lt;http://www.bubblews.com/news/813530-before-the-light-bulb&gt;.

"9.37 Reasons I Hate Numbered “List” DJ Blog Posts." <i>Mobile Beat Magazine Online In Person and In Print For Mobile DJs KJs and VJs</i>. N.p., n.d. Web. 7 Nov. 2013. &lt;http://www.mobilebeat.com/9-37-reasons-i-hate-numbered-list-dj-blog-posts/&gt;.

After that . . .

After summarizing the faults which distinguish the learning of his time, Bacon offered his solution. To him true knowledge was the knowledge of causes.

TO THE END

The final last pages raps up the idols of the theater.

Francis Bacon : The Four Idols!

An Explication of Bacon's Work

All the materials quoted are from an article titled "The Four Idols Of Sir Francis Bacon"

By: by Manly P. Hall,Ben Chambers and Zeb Dahl.

In The Beginning. . .

Sir Bacon's use of enumeration is used to list the Four Idols.

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