 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1831 - 478 sider
...by an inquiry ; " But where are the portraits of those who have perished in spite of their vows?"" All superstition is much the same, whether it be that...common. But this evil insinuates itself still more Hence to Aphorism 53 treats of the idols of the tribe. craftily in philosophy and the sciences ; in... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1841 - 616 sider
...gods, by an inquiry; " But where are the portraits of those who have perished in spite of their vows ?" All superstition is much the same, whether it be that...astrology, dreams, omens, retributive judgment, or the ¡ike ; in all of which the deluded believers observe events which are fulfilled, but neglect and pass... | |
 | James Edwin Creighton - 1898 - 418 sider
...power of the gods ; ' But where are the portraits of those who have perished in spite of their vows?' All superstition is much the same, whether it be that...judgment, or the like, in all of which the deluded observers observe events which are fulfilled, but neglect and pass over their failure, though it be... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1900 - 502 sider
...gods, by an inquiry, But where are the portraits of those who have perished in spite of their vows ? All superstition is "( much the same, whether it be...judgment, or the like, in all of which the deluded _ believers observe events which are fulfilled, but neglect and pass over their failure, though it... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1901 - 302 sider
...gods, by an inquiry, But where are the portraits of those who have perished in spite of their vows ? All superstition is much the same, 'whether it be...astrology, dreams, omens, retributive judgment, or in* like, in all of which the deluded believers observe events which are fulfilled, but neglect and... | |
 | John Mackinnon Robertson - 1907 - 416 sider
...operations to a correspondence with human actions ; that is, by imagining nature acts as man does.1 All superstition is much the same, whether it be that...and pass over their failure, though it be much more common.2 In short, you may find all access to any species of philosophy, however pure, intercepted... | |
 | James Edwin Creighton - 1907 - 420 sider
...astrology, dreams, omens, retributive judgment, or the like, in all of which the deluded observers observe events which are fulfilled, but neglect and...over their failure, though it be much more common. 13ut this evil insinuates itself still more craftily in philosophy and the sciences, in which a settled... | |
 | Matthew Thompson McClure - 1925 - 512 sider
...gods, by an inquiry. But where are the portraits of those who have perished in spite of their vows? All superstition is much the same, whether it be that...over their failure, though it be much more common." 1 3. Make a careful study of the following passage from Santayana, and relate it to the status of generalization... | |
 | Will Durant - 1928 - 654 sider
...of the gods. . . . "But where are the portraits of those that have perished in spite of their vows?" All superstition is much the same, whether it be that...and pass over their failure, though it be much more common.1 "Having first determined the question according to his will, man then resorts to experience;... | |
 | David G. Myers, Malcolm A. Jeeves, Nicholas Wolterstorff - 1987 - 260 sider
...that might refute them. Bacon foresaw how a confirmation bias could maintain superstitious beliefs: "All superstition is much the same whether it be that...over their failure, though it be much more common." The Biasing Power of Preconceptions Bacon said that the human mind resembles those uneven mirrors which... | |
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All superstition is much the same, whether it be that of astrology, dreams, omens, retributive judgment, or the like; in all of which the deluded believers observe events which are fulfilled, but neglect and pass over their failure, though it be much... 
