Question

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

show that Cupid is real.
prove that Cupid is a child.
disprove the existence of the atom.
compare them to the features of the atom.

Answer 1

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Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

Bacon lists Cupid’s attributes in order to compare them to the features of the atom.
Just like Cupid, atoms too are primary seeds that make up the world, and just like Cupid, they are naked, because they are not merged into a compound, but rather remain their "innocent" selves. He doesn't use this comparison to prove that Cupid is real (nobody can do that), or to prove he is a child (he is often portrayed as one), or to disprove the existence of atoms (it has been proven already they exist).