...43 faculty, and that is neither universal nor even commonly found. The mind of man, as Bacon says, 'is far from the nature of a clear and equal glass,...superstition and imposture, if it be not delivered and reduced'. But one clue I think I can commend to you which will lead in the right direction, though...

...to the 'dulness, incompetency and deceptions of the senses'.98 Elsewhere, he found the mind of man 'far from the nature of a clear and equal glass, wherein...superstition and imposture, if it be not delivered and reduced'.99 It was against the shortcomings of the mind that Bacon warned men in his theory of...

...(einem Zauberspiegel), in dem sich eine Vielzahl von nicht-rationalen Strömungen trifft, als einem „clear and equal glass wherein the beams of things should reflect according to their true incidence".149 Im Rahmen dieser neuen kritischen Haltung gegenüber der alleinigen Vorherrschaft der...

...denounces the human mind as "a vagabond, dangerous, and fond-hardy implement,"47 while Bacon calls it "an enchanted glass, full of superstition and imposture, if it be not delivered and reduced."48 To the British philosopher, this distorting mirror was compounded of four major fallacies,...

...THE PERVASIVENESS OF CARTESIAN ANXIETY; OR, TAKING CARTESIAN DOUBT SERIOUSLY The mind of man . . . far from the nature of a clear and equal glass, wherein...beams of things should reflect according to their true incidences, is rather like an enchanted glass, full of superstition and imposture, if it be not delivered....

...learning, Bacon produced his famous observation that the mind of man "is far from the nature of a clean and equal glass, wherein the beams of things should...enchanted glass, full of superstition and imposture, if it not be delivered and reduced."1 To "deliver and reduce" these distortions of the human mind was the...

...Learning and New Atlantis (London: Oxford University Press, 1969). Bacon writes: "For the mind of man is far from the nature of a clear and equal glass,...superstition and imposture, if it be not delivered and reduced" (153). Bacon's critique is considerably different from Locke's, however, because the Renaissance...

...some particulars, but doth more generally and inwardly corrupt the state thereof. For the mind of man is far from the nature of a clear and equal glass,...superstition and imposture, if it be not delivered and reduced. '" Even if logicians could be converted to recognizing this, their logic would be incapable...

...concerning the roots of good and evil, and the strings of those roots." And again: "The mind of man is far from the nature of a clear and equal glass,...should reflect according to their true incidence. Nay rather, it is like an enchanted glass, full of superstition and imposture, if it be not delivered and...

...reflect the original. Therefore Bacon cautions against distorted reflections in a mind that "is rather an enchanted glass, full of superstition and imposture, if it be not delivered and reduced." The source of truth for Bacon continues to lie outside the mind, although the emphasis...