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    What Is The Truth? Said Jesting Pilate, and Would Not Stay For An Answer.

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    Bacon's essay discusses truth and lies, noting that people generally do not care for the truth. He gives the example of Pilate dismissing Jesus' claims of truth. Bacon describes how truth is difficult to acquire and limits freedom, while lies allow for embellishment. However, truth shows reality while lies cover one's true self. Bacon warns that a mixture of lies in society can make it indolent. He compares lies to snakes crawling on their bellies out of guilt, while truth is like daylight that reveals reality. The essay concludes with Christian morality, emphasizing the wickedness of falsehood.

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    Bacon's essay discusses truth and lies, noting that people generally do not care for the truth. He gives the example of Pilate dismissing Jesus' claims of truth. Bacon describes how truth is difficult to acquire and limits freedom, while lies allow for embellishment. However, truth shows reality while lies cover one's true self. Bacon warns that a mixture of lies in society can make it indolent. He compares lies to snakes crawling on their bellies out of guilt, while truth is like daylight that reveals reality. The essay concludes with Christian morality, emphasizing the wickedness of falsehood.

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    Of Truth is Bacon

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    Bacon's essay discusses truth and lies, noting that people generally do not care for the truth. He gives the example of Pilate dismissing Jesus' claims of truth. Bacon describes how truth is difficult to acquire and limits freedom, while lies allow for embellishment. However, truth shows reality while lies cover one's true self. Bacon warns that a mixture of lies in society can make it indolent. He compares lies to snakes crawling on their bellies out of guilt, while truth is like daylight that reveals reality. The essay concludes with Christian morality, emphasizing the wickedness of falsehood.

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    Of truth is Bacon’s great work of prose which shows his keen

    observation of human beings with their attributes of truth and lie. In the
    beginning, he states that people generally do not care for the truth. He
    gives the example of Pilate, the governor of Roman Empire while
    conducting the session with Jesus Christ, does not pay attention to the
    truth and said: “what is the truth? Said Jesting Pilate, and would not
    stay for an answer.”
    Moving on he describes the reasons why people do not like the truth.
    First, the truth is difficult to acquire without hard work and man is ever
    reluctant to work hard. Moreover, truth makes people bound to a certain
    fact. It diminishes the freedom.

    According to Bacon truth is like a bright day which shows the real self.
    Truth is like a pearl that shows what is visible to naked eye. It cannot
    show anything by adding unrealistic elements. Falsehood can show
    something apparent in dark.

    People lie because it covers their real personality. Bacon rightly says
    that “A mixture of a lie doth ever add pleasure.” The mixture of truth
    and lie makes things interesting and pleases everyone. He states if
    everything is presented as its real color with no additional praise,
    flattering comments, and illusions the society will become indolent.
    Same is the case with poets. They add false praises in their poetry to
    reach a higher level of accomplishments. Truth is utmost important in
    every aspect of life civil or business. A bit of lie added to truth is like
    making an alloy of copper and gold. It becomes easier to work with these
    metals but at the same times, it makes it impure.

    Bacon compares lie with a snake crawling on its belly instead of walking
    on its feet. The false person has to let his head down because he feels
    guilty all the time due to his habit of speaking falsehood all the time to
    earn benefits in business. There is no shameful act than to be a liar.

    Bacon quotes Montaigne who said that “a liar is a man who is brave
    towards God but is coward towards men.” He emphasizes on the
    wickedness of the falsehood by saying that these are the negative
    qualities of men which will call upon the judgment of God upon mankind.
    Therefore Bacon concludes his essay with didacticism by giving a tinge
    of Christian morality. The essay is rich in manner and matter. This is a
    council, civil and moral and should be read slowly to understand the
    lucid and condensed prose style of Bacon.

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