Antwan Johnson
March 5, 2015
Dr. Cha
Essay
Idols of the Tribe
An idol is an image that is held in the mind, which receives respect, but is without matter.
Francis Bacon is a well known theorist who is famous for his four idols of the min in which he
introduces them in Book I of the New Organon. These are distinguishing errors, natural
tendencies, or defects that plague the mind and keep it from achieving a full and precise
understanding of nature. There are four distinguished headings in which Francis Bacon called
idols. He made them well-known as idols of the tribe, idols of the cave, idols of the theatre, and
