 Besides, independently of that delight and vanity which I have described, it is the peculiar and perpetual error of the human intellect to be more moved and excited by affirmatives than by negatives; whereas it ought properly to hold itself indifferently...  Works - Page 80by Francis Bacon - 1864Full view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon - 1841 - 616 pages
...thought, (which we have mentioned,) it is the peculiar and perpetual error of the human understanding to be more moved and excited by affirmatives than by negatives, whereas it ought duly and regularly to be impartial ; nay, in establishing any true axiom, the negative instance is... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1841 - 616 pages
...thought, (which we have mentioned,) it is the peculiar and perpetual error of the human understanding duly and regularly to be impartial ; nay, in establishing any true axiom, the negative instance is... | |
 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences - Humanities - 1862 - 474 pages
...this mischief insinuate itself into philosophy and the sciences It is the peculiar and perpetual error of the human intellect, to be more moved and excited...both alike. Indeed, in the establishment of any true law of nature, the negative instance is the more forcible of the two." Dr. Johnson pithily described... | |
 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences - Humanities - 1862 - 474 pages
...this mischief insinuate itself into philosophy and the sciences It is the peculiar and perpetual error of the human intellect, to be more moved and excited...both alike. Indeed, in the establishment of any true law of nature, the negative instance is the more forcible of the two." Dr. Johnson pithily described... | |
 | American Academy of Arts and Sciences - Humanities - 1862 - 488 pages
...this mischief insinuate itself into philosophy and the sciences It is the peculiar and perpetual error of the human intellect, to be more moved and excited...both alike. Indeed, in the establishment of any true law of nature, the negative instance is the more forcible of the two." Dr. Johnson pithily described... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 620 pages
...thought, (which we have mentioned,) it is the peculiar and perpetual error of the human understanding to be more moved and excited by affirmatives than by negatives, whereas it ought duly and regularly to be impartial ; nay, in establishing any true axiom, the negative instance is... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1857 - 612 pages
...thought, (which we have mentioned,) it is the peculiar and perpetual error of the human understanding to be more moved and excited by affirmatives than by negatives, whereas it ought duly anil regularly to he impartial ; nay, in establishing any true axiom, the negative instance is... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English literature - 1858 - 522 pages
...independently of that delight and vanity which I have described, it is the peculiar and perpetual error of the human intellect to be more moved and excited...instance is the more forcible of the two. XLVII. The Iraman understanding is moved by those things most which strike and enter the mind simultaneously and... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 540 pages
...independently of that delight and vanity which I have described, it is the peculiar and perpetual error of the human intellect to be more moved and excited...negative instance is the more forcible of the two. XLVJI. The Inman understanding is moved by those things most which strike and enter the mind simultaneously... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 516 pages
...independently of that delight and vanity which I have described, it is the peculiar and perpetual error of the human intellect to be more moved and excited...negative instance is the more forcible of the two. XLVI I. The human understanding is moved by those things most which strike and enter the mind simultaneously... | |
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