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Aristotle interpretation

The point is that in the precise section where Aristotle mentions auditors - "Hence a young man is not a proper hearer of lectures on political science" - he chooses to use the term "political science" rather than "ethics" or "moral philosophy". Both Bacon and Shakespeare had the chance to follow Aristotle and use "political science" but they didn't - they used "moral philosophy". The point is as to the descriptive language used, not whether "political science" and "moral philosophy" are identical objects for description. (Puzzle Master 23:26, 12 June 2007 (UTC))

Raleigh addition

I recall the 10,000 crowns from a biography of Raleigh I once read. Macbeth appears to be the work of several authors and if the thane of Cawdor is Raleigh then it is likely that it was Thomas Middleton who made this alteration after Shakespeare's death. (Felsommerfeld 14:29, 15 July 2007 (UTC))

Bacon anagram

HONORIFICABILITUDINITATIBUS is proposed to be an anagram of the latin HI LUDI F. BACONIS NATI TUITI ORBIS which in English is 'these plays, F. Bacon's offspring, are preserved for the world'. However, an alternative is possible ABI INIVIT F. BACON HISTRIO LUDIT which means 'be off, F. Bacon, the actor has entered and is playing'. Seems that it tells us nothing. (Puzzle Master 21:28, 11 November 2007 (UTC))

The translation of the second Latin sentence would be better punctuated as "Be off! F Bacon, the actor, has entered and is playing." However in any case the existence of alternate anagrams doesnt negate the meaning of the first one given. I think this is actually quite good evidence for F Bacon's having been the author of at least some of the plays. Haplolology /Contributions 19:35, 12 November 2007 (UTC)
I disagree. The longer the letter string, the greater is the flexibility in interpretation ... and this is a very long letter string! (Puzzle Master (talk) 22:26, 20 November 2007 (UTC))
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