The Four Idols

Are we there yet? What’s your name? How old are you? Why? These are all common questions that a young child would ask his/her parents. Young children are usually more susceptible to new things because they have no other beliefs on how things should be. A child is always on the go, exploring new things taking interest in learning everything he/she can. As a child gets old he/she is always on the go but for different reasons. Most children go with the flow relatively easy, but adults don’t. Adults have an opinion about something and believe it’s right no matter what anyone else says, but a child does not. That is exactly what Sir Francis Bacon was trying to convey in his essay “The Four Idols.” He believes that we, as adults, should be more open-minded like a child. Although as adults we see things very closed-minded, because we are always on the move, always in need of order, and always believing in one’s opinion. …show more content…
Adults feel the need to be on the go all the time, there is always something going on in life. Although a child is always on the go, it’s not because the child has to be but chooses to be. Adults normally have little to no time with family, between work and other activities, but a child always has time for his/her family. Adults focus is more on what “strike the sense outweigh things which do not immediately strike it,” according to Bacon (424); although family time is more important than some things that’s not what always strikes the senses. As adults, we forget to prioritize things in life, the little things mean more to a child than usually to an adult. A child is on the go all the time, but is always learning exploring, and enjoying the little things even if nothing is going as