Salomon saith, There is no new thing upon the earth. So that as Plato had an imagination, that all knowledge was but remembrance; so Salomon giveth his sentence, that all novelty is but oblivion.
Francis BaconRead
The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses.
Interpretation
Superstition arises from selective observation of events that confirm beliefs while ignoring those that contradict them.
This quote by Francis Bacon suggests that superstition is a product of human cognitive bias, where individuals notice and remember instances that support their beliefs but overlook those that do not. This selective observation can lead to a flawed understanding of reality, reinforcing irrational beliefs based on incomplete evidence.
In practice
In a discussion about the origins of superstitions at a psychology seminar.
Salomon saith, There is no new thing upon the earth. So that as Plato had an imagination, that all knowledge was but remembrance; so Salomon giveth his sentence, that all novelty is but oblivion.
Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.
Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion.
Great art is always a way of concentrating, reinventing what is called fact, what we know of our existence- a reconcentration… tearing away the veils, the attitudes people acquire of their time and earlier time. Really good artists tear down those veils
Wise men make more opportunities than they find.
Knowledge and human power are synonymous.
Part of my ancestry is Cherokee. And in that tradition, you become an adult when you're 52.
Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.
We are kept from the experience of Spirit because our inner world is cluttered with past traumas . . . As we begin to clear away this clutter, the energy of divine light and love begins to flow through our being.
The modern mind always tends to reduce the greater to the lesser rather than seeing the lesser as reflecting the greater.
Basically, from the viewpoint of real human value we are all the same.
In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place oblige it to control itself.
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