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Of Friendship - Francis Bacon

Of Friendship - Francis Bacon [alert-success] Of Friendship [/alert-success] [alert-primary] Short Summary [/alert-primary] [btn href="https://www.speedynotes.in/2024/09/tanshe-part-ii-english-iii-semester.html" class="bt" btn] Back [/btn] Introduction: Francis Bacon's essay "Of Friendship" dives deep into the complex nature of friendship, its role in our lives, and how it affects our emotions, personal development, and social connections. Written in the early 1600s, this essay still offers valuable insights into what it means to be human. The Essential Need for Connection: Bacon starts by highlighting our basic need for companionship, referencing Aristotle's idea that those who avoid social interaction are either like wild animals or divine beings. He argues that being alone can lead to emotional emptiness, while genuine friendship can help fill that void. According to Bacon, friends are crucial for sharing both the good and bad mome...

On Doing Nothing - J. B. Priestly

ON DOING NOTHING [alert-success] ON DOING NOTHING - J.B. PRIESTLY [/alert-success] [alert-primary] Short Summary [/alert-primary] [btn href="https://www.speedynotes.in/" class="bt" btn] Back [/btn] In 'On Doing Nothing' J.B. Priestley explores the theme of peace of mind. He explains that society as a whole would benefit from taking time out from their everyday work and being lazy for a period. "On Doing Nothing," was one of Priestly's radio talks which was later put together in the book “Open House”. Priestly describes a sunny day in this essay where he and his friend spent a day on a moor which was two thousand feet above sea level. A moor is a large area with not much going on in it. They spent the whole day on their backs in the soft grass. In the moor, there was neither colour nor sound to attract them. All they did was smoking, eating, and drinking from the cool spring water. They did not exchange any thought. They didn't ma...

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