 The human understanding is no dry light, but receives an infusion from the will and affections; whence proceed sciences which may be called "sciences as one would." For what a man had rather were true he more readily believes.  Embattled Reason: Essays on Social Knowledge - Стр. 92авторы: Reinhard Bendix - Страниц: 324Ограниченный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | 1858 - Страниц: 592
...Buckle as a Buckleite, we 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - Страниц: 516
...of that which is most general, than he who in things subordinate and subaltern omits to do so. XLIX. The human understanding is no dry light, but receives...affections; whence proceed sciences which may be called " sciences as one would." For what a man had rather were true he more readily believes. Therefore he... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1861 - Страниц: 578
...of that which is most general, than he who in things subordinate and subaltern omits to do so. XLIX. The human understanding is no dry light, but receives...affections ; whence proceed sciences which may be called " sciences as one would." For what a man had rather were true he more readily believes. Therefore he... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1864 - Страниц: 528
...of that which is most general, than he who in things subordinate and subaltern omits to do so. XLIX. The human understanding is no dry light, but receives...affections ; whence proceed sciences which may be called " sciences as one would." For what a man had rather were true he more readily believes. Therefore he... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1870 - Страниц: 88
...not when they miss ; and commit to memory the one, and forget and pass over the other. 8. 8., WH 668. The human understanding is no dry light, but receives...affections ; whence proceed sciences which may be called " sciences as one would." For what a man had rather were true he more readily believes. Therefore he... | |
 | Burke Aaron Hinsdale - 1893 - Страниц: 24
...the feelings, the passions of men. "The human understanding,'1 says Lord Bacon, "is no dry light, 12 but receives an infusion from the will and affections ; whence proceed sciences which may be called 'sciences as one would.' For what a man had rather were true he more readily believes. Therefore he... | |
 | William Gay Ballantine - 1896 - Страниц: 202
...altogether slow and unfit, unless it be forced thereto by severe laws and overruling authority. XLIX. "The human understanding is no dry light, but receives...affections ; whence proceed sciences which may be called ' sciences as one would.' For what a man had rather were true he more readily believes. Therefore he... | |
 | Burke Aaron Hinsdale - 1896 - Страниц: 396
...out of the interests, feelings, and passions of men. "The human understanding," says Lord Bacon, ' 'is no dry light, but receives an infusion from the...affections; whence proceed sciences which may be called 'sciences as one would.' For what a man had rather were true he more readily believes. Therefore he... | |
 | William Jay Youmans - 1899 - Страниц: 930
...these Idols of the Tribe we must include the disturbance caused by the play of feeling upon the mind. " The human understanding is no dry light, but receives...affections, whence proceed sciences which may be called ' sciences as one would.' " We all know, to our cost, how passion will warp judgment; how difficult... | |
 | Elizabeth Wells Gallup - 1899 - Страниц: 302
...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... | |
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