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.

Respuesta :

Bacon lists Cupid's attributes in order to compare them to the features of the atom.

Answer: d) Compare them to the features of the atom.

Explanation: In the given passage from "Of the Wisdom of the Ancients" the speaker starts to describe the attributes of Cupid, for example that he is a little child forever, and that he is usually represented as naked, and after describing each of Cupid's features, he compares them to the features of the atom, like, the atoms remain in perpetual infancy, and they are naked like the primary particles of things.