amongst all of his ranting and criticizing, Bacon had some interesting ideas to talk about in "The Four Idols". The most interesting for myself being the idea that people are usually more ready to believe in something they want to be true. "For what a man rather were true he more readily believes". On this point, Bacon and I agree. A parent would rather believe in the lies of their child than of ill deeds the child may have committed. A good man who has killed and remembers nothing, would rather believe in his innocence upon faced with the truth. Or that he was rightly justified, or had no other choice than to do that he did. Moral or immoral implications aside, it is not hard to see why human nature would lend itself to think this way. "Therefore he rejects difficult things from impatience of research, sober things, because they narrow hope...". While I may not agree with everything Bacon says, I can agree that this is one hurdle of human nature that needs to be overcome on the search for truth.
posted by Rich @ 4:39 AM
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very good observations for both! and the eavesdropping is a good observation b/c what you're reading is a dialogue/conversation between Socrates and his student Glaucon(and written down by Plato)
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