Read the passage from Of the Wisdom of the Ancients . Let us now consider his [Cupid’s] attributes. He is described with great elegance as a little child, and a child for ever; for things compounded are larger and are affected by age; whereas the primary seeds of things, or atoms, are minute and remain in perpetual infancy. Most truly also is he represented as naked: for all compounds (to one that considers them rightly) are masked and clothed; and there is nothing properly naked, except the primary particles of things. Bacon lists Cupid’s attributes in order to
Answer
A
show that Cupid is real.
B
compare them to the features of the atom.
C
prove that Cupid is a child.
D
disprove the existence of the atom.
Explanation
Bacon explains Cupid’s small size and nakedness by comparing those traits to the primary particles of things, or atoms. He says atoms are minute and remain in “perpetual infancy,” and that they are properly naked. Therefore, he lists Cupid’s attributes to compare them to the features of the atom.
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