 For the mind of man is far from the nature of a clear and equal glass, wherein the beams of things should reflect according to their true incidence ; nay, it is rather like an enchanted glass, full of superstition and imposture, if it be not delivered...  Poems: Now First Collected - Page 165by Chandos Leigh - 1839 - 402 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon - 1857 - 854 pages
...and explains much more clearly and fully. * This paragraph is omitted altogether in the translation. far from the nature of a clear and equal glass, wherein...enchanted glass, full of superstition and imposture, if it he not delivered and reduced. For this purpose, let us consider the false appearances that are imposed... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859 - 616 pages
...understanding in tome particulars, but dith more generally and inwardly infect and corrupt the state thereof. For the mind of man is far from the nature of a clear...full /^ of superstition and imposture, if it be not deiirirn/ and reduced. 14. The mind is more affected by affirmatives than negatives.1 As was well answered... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1859 - 856 pages
...and explains much more clearly and fully. ' This paragraph is omitted altogether in the translation. far from the nature of a clear and equal glass, wherein...and imposture, if it be not delivered and reduced. For this purpose, let us consider the false appearances that are imposed upon us by the general nature... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1861 - 860 pages
...names not being yet given, and the Idols of the Theatre not yet introduced Into the company. For the far from the nature of a clear and equal glass, wherein...and imposture, if it be not delivered and reduced. For this purpose, let us consider the false appearances that are imposed upon us by the general nature... | |
 | Howard P. Kainz - Philosophy - 2010 - 206 pages
...story of the scholastic who would not go into the water till he could swim." 5. "The mind of man ... far from the nature of a clear and equal glass, wherein the beams of things should ern that there are various kinds of Cognition, and among them one might be more suitable than another... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1863 - 264 pages
...Afh.il, 59; ii. Afh. 28. but doth more generally and inwardly infect and corrupt the state thereof. For the mind of man is far from the nature of a clear...according to their true incidence; nay, it is rather like au enchanted glass, full of superstition and imposture, if it be not delivered and reduced. For this... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1864 - 464 pages
...understanding in some particulars, but doth more generally and inwardly infect and corrupt the state thereof.2 For the mind of man is far from the nature of a clear...and imposture, if it be not delivered and reduced. For this purpose, let us consider the false appearances that are imposed upon us by the general nature... | |
 | M. P. W. Bolton - Philosophy, English - 1866 - 284 pages
...says Bacon, ' is far from the nature of a clear and equal glass, wherein the beams of things shall reflect according to their true incidence; nay, it...and imposture, if it be not delivered and reduced.' Can what Bacon says of the fallacies of the mind be also said of its proper cognitions? Does the mind,... | |
 | Henry Longueville Mansel - Knowledge, Theory of - 1866 - 208 pages
...that which would be produced were it merely a passive recipient ? " The mind of man," says Bacon, " is far from the nature of a clear and equal glass, wherein the beams of things shall reflect according to their true incidence ; nay, it is rather like an enchanted glass, full of... | |
 | M. P. W. Bolton - Absolute, The - 1866 - 284 pages
...that which would be produced were it merely a passive recipient?' ' The mind of man,' says Bacon, ' is far from the nature of a clear and equal glass, wherein the beams of things shall reflect according to their true incidence; nay, it is rather like an enchanted glass, full of... | |
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