Sir Francis Bacon

My favorite piece that we read from Sir Francis Bacon was "Of Studies."  I liked the piece because it just explained that your shouldn't overwhelm yourself with studying too much because it isn't worth it. You should enjoy what your are learning because it will make you a better person, someone that is more knowledgeable than you were before. I loved the line, "Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider." I liked it so much because he is basically saying that books should be pondered on and that people should discuss what they liked about it and what they disliked. There is no point in reading something if you don't like it or if you don't think about it. I like how he said that some books should be chewed and digested and others you should just taste. Sometimes somethings aren't worth it to be read in full but if you give yourself an opportunity to read a little bit of it, your that much better for it.