A Phoenix Posted October 3, 2022 Author Share Posted October 3, 2022 Yes Eric, that is our understanding that glass was a word for mirror back then. 2 https://aphoenix1.academia.edu/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrY7wzlXnZiT1Urwx7jP6fQ/videos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light-of-Truth Posted October 3, 2022 Share Posted October 3, 2022 "God hath framed the mind of man as a glass capable of the image of the universal world." - Bacon Sonnet 3 has Bacon instructing his Mother, Elizabeth, to look into the mirror and view her aging face, yet her youth, Bacon, is alive and well. He says that he is "thy mothers glasse", a golden reflection of who she is. He pleads with her to acknowledge him as her son or "thine Image dies with thee." Sad, so sad. Sonnet 3: LOoke in thy glasse and tell the face thou vewest, Now is the time that face should forme an other, Whose fresh repaire if now thou not renewest, Thou doo'st beguile the world,vnblesse some mother. For where is she so faire whose vn-eard wombe (Line 33 of the Sonnets) Disdaines the tillage of thy husbandry? Or who is he so fond will be the tombe, Of his selfe loue to stop posterity? Thou art thy mothers glasse and she in thee Calls backe the louely Aprill of her prime, So thou through windowes of thine age shalt see, Dispight of wrinkles this thy goulden time. But if thou liue remembred not to be, Die single and thine Image dies with thee. 2 2 T A A A A A A A A A A A T 157 www.Light-of-Truth.com 287 <-- 1 8 8 1 1 O 1 1 8 8 1 --> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Phoenix Posted October 4, 2022 Author Share Posted October 4, 2022 Francis Bacon - a Man of Remarkable Virtue 3 https://aphoenix1.academia.edu/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrY7wzlXnZiT1Urwx7jP6fQ/videos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Phoenix Posted October 5, 2022 Author Share Posted October 5, 2022 Knowlege is Power 2 https://aphoenix1.academia.edu/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrY7wzlXnZiT1Urwx7jP6fQ/videos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Phoenix Posted October 6, 2022 Author Share Posted October 6, 2022 Francis Bacon on the Vanity of Mere Words 3 https://aphoenix1.academia.edu/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrY7wzlXnZiT1Urwx7jP6fQ/videos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Phoenix Posted October 7, 2022 Author Share Posted October 7, 2022 Francis Bacon on Truth & Time 3 https://aphoenix1.academia.edu/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrY7wzlXnZiT1Urwx7jP6fQ/videos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Phoenix Posted October 8, 2022 Author Share Posted October 8, 2022 Francis Bacon on the Differing Quality of Books 3 https://aphoenix1.academia.edu/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrY7wzlXnZiT1Urwx7jP6fQ/videos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Roberts Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 1 hour ago, A Phoenix said: Francis Bacon on the Differing Quality of Books Ought to be on prominent signs outside all bookshops and in every public library... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Phoenix Posted October 9, 2022 Author Share Posted October 9, 2022 Francis Bacon on Friendship 3 https://aphoenix1.academia.edu/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrY7wzlXnZiT1Urwx7jP6fQ/videos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Phoenix Posted October 10, 2022 Author Share Posted October 10, 2022 Francis Bacon and the Fables of the Poets 2 1 https://aphoenix1.academia.edu/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrY7wzlXnZiT1Urwx7jP6fQ/videos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Roberts Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 50 minutes ago, A Phoenix said: Francis Bacon and the Fables of the Poets What a fascinating way of interpreting human history, however, I don't understand which fables he refers to. Perhaps he means the sagas of the Dark Ages - Bede and Beowulf, etc. - and all the fanciful local myths and legends that every town and region possessed. "History" as folklore. Is he saying that, due to the "oblivion and silence" of records from the ancient world, there is a void in our understanding of history which was filled by superstition and imagination, rather than actual historical facts? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Phoenix Posted October 10, 2022 Author Share Posted October 10, 2022 Hi Eric, I assume he his talking about the wisdom of the ancients in general which may well include fables from the beginning of humankind stretching back to those told through signs, symbols and hieroglyphics, through the period of the Sumerians, Egyptians, and the more modern Greek and Roman poets. I also would certainly include your suggestions that FB was alluding to Albion myths and legends, folklore, and the mythical founding of England and the rest of the United Kingdom. 3 https://aphoenix1.academia.edu/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrY7wzlXnZiT1Urwx7jP6fQ/videos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light-of-Truth Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 My first impression was that the Shakespeare Works are the veil between Bacon's time and ours. 🙂 2 T A A A A A A A A A A A T 157 www.Light-of-Truth.com 287 <-- 1 8 8 1 1 O 1 1 8 8 1 --> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Phoenix Posted October 11, 2022 Author Share Posted October 11, 2022 The Secrets and Mysteries in the Fables of the Poets 3 1 https://aphoenix1.academia.edu/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrY7wzlXnZiT1Urwx7jP6fQ/videos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Phoenix Posted October 12, 2022 Author Share Posted October 12, 2022 Conceal & Reveal 4 https://aphoenix1.academia.edu/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrY7wzlXnZiT1Urwx7jP6fQ/videos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Roberts Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 50 minutes ago, A Phoenix said: Conceal & Reveal Concision, par excellence. Perfectly expressed. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Phoenix Posted October 13, 2022 Author Share Posted October 13, 2022 Secret Knowledge Conveyed Through Parables 2 1 https://aphoenix1.academia.edu/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrY7wzlXnZiT1Urwx7jP6fQ/videos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Phoenix Posted October 14, 2022 Author Share Posted October 14, 2022 Francis Bacon on Fables and their Hidden Meanings 3 https://aphoenix1.academia.edu/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrY7wzlXnZiT1Urwx7jP6fQ/videos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Phoenix Posted October 15, 2022 Author Share Posted October 15, 2022 The Foolishness of Humanity 2 https://aphoenix1.academia.edu/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrY7wzlXnZiT1Urwx7jP6fQ/videos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Phoenix Posted October 16, 2022 Author Share Posted October 16, 2022 Francis Bacon on the Fate of Kings 3 https://aphoenix1.academia.edu/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrY7wzlXnZiT1Urwx7jP6fQ/videos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Phoenix Posted October 17, 2022 Author Share Posted October 17, 2022 Francis Bacon on Time Well Spent 3 https://aphoenix1.academia.edu/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrY7wzlXnZiT1Urwx7jP6fQ/videos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Roberts Posted October 17, 2022 Share Posted October 17, 2022 9 minutes ago, A Phoenix said: Francis Bacon on Time Well Spent Such simple, compact expression (18 words) and yet it says so much about life in general and about himself in particular. Well found and quoted! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Phoenix Posted October 18, 2022 Author Share Posted October 18, 2022 Francis Bacon on the Negatives of University Learning 2 https://aphoenix1.academia.edu/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrY7wzlXnZiT1Urwx7jP6fQ/videos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Roberts Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 4 hours ago, A Phoenix said: Francis Bacon on the Negatives of University Learning Sophistry: "the use of clever but false arguments, especially with the intention of deceiving". The word I was looking for to describe the deviousness of the PFC, Stanley Wells and the Stratford gang. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light-of-Truth Posted October 18, 2022 Share Posted October 18, 2022 Thank you, Eric, for posting the definition of "Sophistry". I was going to look it up at my first opportunity. LOL T A A A A A A A A A A A T 157 www.Light-of-Truth.com 287 <-- 1 8 8 1 1 O 1 1 8 8 1 --> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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