…it is the peculiar and perpetual error of the human understanding to be more moved and excited by affirmatives than by negatives…


Aphorism 46. - Novum Organum (1620) - Book I


…it is the peculiar and perpetual error of the human understanding to be more moved and excited by affirmatives than by negatives…

…it is the peculiar and perpetual error of the human understanding to be more moved and excited by affirmatives than by negatives…

…it is the peculiar and perpetual error of the human understanding to be more moved and excited by affirmatives than by negatives…

…it is the peculiar and perpetual error of the human understanding to be more moved and excited by affirmatives than by negatives…