...must add two other passages from the same work which will need no comment. ' The human understanding is no dry light, but receives an infusion from the will and affections ' (Aphorism, 49). And again — ' If the matter be truly considered Natural Philosophy is, after the...

...must include the disturbance caused by the play of feeling upon the mind. " The human understanding is no dry light, but receives an infusion from the...sciences which may be called ' sciences as one would.' " We all know, to our cost, how passion will warp judgment; how difficult it is to see clearly when...

...from unexpected and unknown fields, if not in accord with accepted theories and long held beliefs. "For what a man had rather were true, he more readily believes," — is one of Bacon's truisms that finds many illustrations. I appreciate what it means to ask strong...

...from unexpected and unknown fields, if not in accord with accented theories and long held beliefs. ''For what a man had rather were true, he more readily believes," — is one of Bacon's truisms that finds many illustrations. I appreciate what it means to ask strong...

...Ideas. 8. By any of our passions. Cf. Bacon, " Novum Orgamim," Bk. I. Aph. 49: "The human understanding is no dry light, but receives an infusion from the...they narrow hope ; the deeper things of nature, from with a kind of authority, and will not be kept out or dislodged ; but, as if the passion that rules...

...limit without seeking to press beyond it, or hi an ultimate principle without asking for a cause ; it ' is no dry light, but receives an infusion from the will and affections ' ; it depends on the senses, and they are ' dull, incompetent and deceptive' ; and it is 'prone to...

...from imexpected and unknown fields, if not in accord with accented theories and long held beliefs. ''For what a man had rather were true, he more readily believes," — is one of Bacon's truisms that finds many illustrations. I appreciate what it means to ask strong...

...from unexpected and unknown fields, if not in accord with accented theories and long held beliefs. "For what a man had rather were true, he more readily believes," — is one of Bacon's truisms that finds many illustrations. I appreciate what it means to ask strong...

...God as he is, not as we might prefer to have him. Lord Bacon tells us that " the human understanding is no dry light, but receives an infusion from the...man had rather were true he more readily believes." These are sciences built not of facts but of fancies, and shaped at pleasure. There is religion, too,...

...limit without seeking to press beyond it, or in an ultimate principle without asking for its cause; it "is no dry light, but receives an infusion from the will and affections"; it depends on the senses, and they are "dull, incompetent, and deceptive"; and it is "prone to abstractions...