Question

Read the passage from Of the Wisdom of the Ancients.

This Love is introduced without any parent at all; only, that some say he was an egg of Night. And himself out of Chaos begot all things, the gods included. The attributes which are assigned to him are in number four: he is always an infant; he is blind; he is naked; he is an archer. There was also another Love, the youngest of all the gods, son of Venus, to whom the attributes of the elder are transferred, and whom in a way they suit.

Bacon’s purpose is to explain what

Chaos is.
Love is.
Night is.
Venus is.

Answer 1

Love is.

Bacon’s passage explicates the nature and symbolism of Love (the god Eros/Cupid): his origin, attributes (infant, blind, naked, archer), and how those traits apply to the younger Cupid, son of Venus.