Question: What are the main benefits of study in the essay “Of Studies” by Francis Bacon?

Ans: According to The greatest essayist Fracis Bacon the main benefits of study are delight, ornament and ability.

Question: What does Bacon mean “Studies serve for delight” in his essay “Of Studies”?

Anns : According to Francis Bacon “delight” means to get joy or pleasure. So, studies serve to get joy or to get pleasure. Like, we study books to get pleasure and amusement.

Question: What does Bacon mean “Studies serve for ornament” in his essay “Of Studies”?

Ans: According to Bacon “ornament” means to beautify. So, studies serve to beautify the use of language either spoken or written. Studies improve our use of language.

Question: What does Bacon mean “Studies serve for ability” in his essay “Of Studies”?

Ans" According to Bacon “ability” means here, the ability to work, to counsel, to judge and to decide. So, studies serve to improve in trade knowledge, counseling, judgment and decision making.

Question: What is the chief use of studies for delight according to Francis Bacon in his essay “Of Studies”?

Ans: The chief use of “studies for delight” is to study in leisure time, in loneliness or solitude. It will give you pleasure and reduce the boredom.

Question: What is the chief use of studies for ornament according to Francis Bacon in his essay “Of Studies”?

Ans :The chief use of “studies for ornament” is in discourse. By studying we know new words and we learn that where we use which words and which not. It’s meant that studies beautify our speech.

Question: What is the chief use of studies for ability according to Francis Bacon in his essay “Of Studies”?

Ans: The chief use of “studies for ability” is in the judgment and business disposition. Its mean studies improve our ability for judging the problem and decision making. It is also helpful to understand the business nature.

Question: What is Bacon’s view about to spend too much of time in studies?

Ans: Bacon wrote in his essay “Of Studies” that spend too much of time in studies is laziness or inactivity (sloth). Its mean that only study could not be fruitful without experience.

Question: What is Bacon’s view about “too much use of studies for ornament” in his essay “Of Studies”?

Ans: In the essay “Of Studies” according to Bacon the too much use of studies for ornament is affectation. Its mean that too much use of studies for ornament makes your discourse artificial or unnatural.

Question: What is Bacon’s view about to make judgment wholly by their rules (learnt from study) in his essay “Of Studies“?

Ans: In the essay “Of Studies” Bacon tells us that to make judgment wholly by their rules (rules that learnt from the studies) is the humor of the scholar. Its mean that the judgments made without practical knowledge or experience are foolish.

Question: What does Bacon say about natural abilities of a man in his essay “Of Studies”?

Ans: Bacon says that the natural abilities of a man are like the plants that need pruning (trimming) and natural abilities of a man also need trimming by the studies. He says that the study only gives lots of directions, but experience also supplement the natural abilities.

Question: What is the attitude of a crafty man about studies, according to Bacon in his essay “Of Studies”?

Ans: According to Bacon in his essay “Of Studies” the crafty man denounces (criticize, condemn) studies because the cunning and sneaky person used the tricks and crooked ways to accomplish the job.

Question: What is the attitude of a simple man about studies, according to Bacon in his essay “Of Studies”?

Ans: According to Bacon in his essay “Of Studies” the simple man admire (regard, respect) the studies.

Question: What is the attitude of a wise man about studies, according to Bacon in his essay “Of Studies”?

Ans: According to Bacon in his essay “Of Studies” the wise man used the knowledge had gotten from studies.

Question: What does Bacon mean of “Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested” in the essay “Of Studies”?

Ans: According to Bacon some books are tasted means not studied completely but in parts. Others to be swallowed means that books are read completely, but without curiosity and some few to be chewed and digested means that books studied with full interest and deeply to get maximum knowledge not only thematic but at the minute level also.

Question: What is bacon’s view about “Some books also may be read by deputy, and extracts made of them by others” in the essay “Of Studies”?

Ans :Bacon says about these books that these are guiding only of less important matters.

Question: What are the distilled books, according to the Bacon in his essay “Of Studies”?

Ans: Bacon says that distilled books are like common distilled waters (distilled water is purified water). So, Bacon here means the summarized books (containing only important information). He says that it is like flashy things. Flashy things are showy things that it only draws attention and of less importance.

Question: What reading, conference and writing made a man according to Bacon in his essay “Of Studies”?

Ans: According to Bacon in his essay “Of studies” the reading make a full man, conference a ready man and writing an exact man.

Question: What a man needs to possess if a man writes little, conference little and read little according to Bacon in his essay “Of Studies”?

Ans: According to Bacon if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit: and if he read little, he had need have much cunning.

Question: According to Bacon what are the benefits of studying history, poetry, mathematics, natural philosophy, morality, logic and rhetoric in the essay “Of Studies”?

Ans: According to Bacon histories make men wise; poets witty; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep; moral grave; logic and rhetoric able to contend.

Question: According to Bacon the exercise of bowling is good for which disease as mentioned in his essay “Of Studies”?

Ans: According to Bacon bowling is good for the stone and reins.

Question: According to Bacon the exercise of shooting is good for which disease as mentioned in his essay “Of Studies”?

Ans: Bacon mentioned in his essay “Of Studies” that shooting is good for the lungs and breast.

Question: According to Bacon the exercises of gentle walking and riding are good for which diseases as mentioned in his essay “Of Studies”?

Ans: Bacon mentioned in his essay “Of Studies” that gentle walking is good for stomach and riding for the head.

Question: If a man’s wit be wandering what Bacon suggest to do, in the essay “Of Studies”?

Ans: In the essay “Of Studies” Bacon says that if a man’s wit is wandering, let him/ her study the Mathematics.