Francis Bacon on the Dark Side of Curiosity and the Vanity of Knowledge

December 1, 2013 Scott Joy

Summary

Brain Pickings April 2013
by Maria Popova

How to keep one of the greatest human gifts from becoming one of our most cumbersome curses.

“Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider,”

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