Question

What is the role of experience according to Bacon in Of Studies?

• A. It should replace studies.
• B. It complements studies.
• C. It is irrelevant to studies.
• D. It contradicts studies.

Answer 1

Answer:

B. It complements studies.

• Bacon writes that studies serve three things i.e. delight, ornament, and ability.

• Studies give delight in free and personal time while it works as an ornament for discussions in the form of facts and figures.

• It also provides a person the ability to make judgments in different works.