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" 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... "
The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord ... - Page 139
by Francis Bacon - 1826
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The Advancement of Learning

Francis Bacon - 1885 - 438 pages
...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...appearances that are imposed upon us by the general nature ofjthe jnind, beholding them in an example Or two; as first, in that instance which is the root of...
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The Advancement of Learning

Francis Bacon - 1885 - 436 pages
...one of the errors, or 'peccant humours, which we ran briefly over in our first book. 11. And lastly, let us consider the false appearances that are imposed upon us by words, which are framed and applied according to the conceit and capacities of the vulgar sort: and...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Philosophical works

Francis Bacon - 1887 - 882 pages
...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...of the mind ', beholding them in an example or two ; aa first, in that instance which is the root of all superstition, namely, That to the nature of the...
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Francis Bacon, Poet, Prophet, Philosopher, Versus Phantom Captain ...

William Francis C. Wigston - 1891 - 502 pages
...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 and reduced." Note the words we place in italics, where we refind the three chief words of the line already quoted...
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The Science of Language: Founded on Lectures Delivered at the ..., Volume 2

Friedrich Max Müller - 1891 - 764 pages
...galling despotism of language, and yet how little it has been shaken. Thus Bacon says : Bacon. And lastly let us consider the false appearances that are imposed upon us by words, which are framed and applied according to the conceit and capacities of the vulgar sort ; and...
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Bacon's Essays

Francis Bacon - 1892 - 402 pages
...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 and reduced." These inherent and universal tendencies to error Bacon calls "idols of the tribe." The times in the...
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Makers of Modern Thought; Or Five Hundred Years' Struggle (1200 A ..., Volume 1

David Nasmith - 1892 - 316 pages
...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 and reduced." "We look, in short, at everything through the medium of our crude and erroneous notions of duty and...
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Makers of Modern Thought; Or Five Hundred Years' Struggle (1200 A ..., Volume 1

David Nasmith - 1892 - 316 pages
...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 and reduced." "We look, in short, at everything through the medium of our crude and erroneous notions of duty and...
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The Sewanee Review, Volume 32

1924 - 570 pages
...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 and reduced." Much in the way of deliverance and reduction has been accomplished in the last three centuries; much...
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The Sewanee Review, Volume 32

1924 - 550 pages
...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 and reduced." Much in the way of deliverance and reduction has been accomplished in the last three centuries; much...
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