The idol of the genus is inherent to all people. Its essence - man expresses things distorted. The signs of the genus find grounds in the man himself. The human mind is inclined to look at things in their own image and likeness. One is inclined to seek and find a much larger order and variety than they are in the things themselves. One tends to be aware of abstractions that do not correspond to nature. One is inclined to consider things in their repeatability, not in their variation. This gives man a hope for hope.
"We do not have to kick the door when we can open it." - Bender
Bacon has made the teleology experience decisive in philosophy and science, ie. the true philosophy must become an experienced philosophy. His criticism is related to possible attitudes towards every cultural, social relativism. This relativism, which enables a person to close himself in individual experiences. Not only the idea is placed, but the theme itself is the theme of the method. He specifies that the guiding principle should be - man is a servant and interpreter of nature, since man has attained the order of nature, more than he does not know; object of knowledge - the family and the connection of human thoughts about things. "Nature is governed only when we obey it"
The cave idol - a series of delusions that manifest themselves on human knowledge. You get to know things on the basis of your ability. "The idols of the cave derive also from the habits and coincidences of life" Bacon also uses Aristotle's philosophy to explain that Naturist philosophical views depend on the researchers' bias. "Aristotle has subjugated his naturophysiology to his logic." Some human minds are more likely to notice the difference between things and others to notice the similarity ... "These prejudices also appear to exaggerate the simplicity and complexity of things, the degree of their knowledge and absorption, the idols of the cave are inherent in both knowledge and practice.
Simplification coexists with the complication of problems, and therefore of their solving. Often, the same word happens to express a different concept depending on the personal orientation of the people. A questioning is differently interpreted by the skeptic or nihilist, by dogmatics. Diversity also allows for a different reading, ie. a variety can lead to pluralism or monism justification. The idols of the cave are of interest both in the attempt of some thinkers to justify and others to refute subjective idealism. The idols of the cave suggest the expansion of the influence of the social environment, they should not be seen only in a negative way. Bacon understands these delusions in their psychological measurability.