4 Idols Of The Cave Analysis

When the word Idol comes up to our mind we often think of things that we worship and adore such as God, image or statues, or for some people it could be someone they look up to who influence their belief and decisions in life. In Bacon’s book he talks about the four idols that are deep-seated features of all human, and as well as the reason behind our dilemma in understanding the word around us that prevents human from attaining true understanding. The first idol is the Idols of the Tribe, according to Bacon in his book “The idols of the Tribes have their foundation in human nature itself. For it is a false assertion that the sense of man is the measure of things.” (Bacon, para 4, pg 882). The idols of the tribe are the nature of every human such as our biases and way of thinking in a certain way in which we cannot eliminate and is deeply rooted in each and every one of us. This is also due to our preconceived ideas about things and is also due to our belief. For example, when a person is born where same sex marriage doesn’t occur or same sex relationship does not exist for that particular person those people are
The idols of the cave are the ones that are considered egocentric because they only think of themselves without any regard of other people’s feelings, desires, and also someone that has no inclination. An example of this group is someone who is a fanatic and very religious and does not bend to other people’s religious belief. Most of the time people that are fanatic are not open to other people’s belief and even ideas. In some cases people that belongs to this group does not have the curiosity in which helps to develop a critical thinking. They are also closed minded and have a narrow perspective. This is also due to limited exposure to other things such as culture, beliefs, and as well as limited