Miscellaneous Essays And Reviews volume 1
Miscellaneous Essays And Reviews volume 1
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THE WORKS OF LORD BAGON. 133 despise it because it has passed out of view, and we deem it not worth inquiry. We look on it as we do on desert sands which we are not bound to traverse ; and on dark and pesti- lential and frightful abodes which we are afraid to enter. But they who have looked at the system are the last to hold it in contempt as an effort of profound and subtle argumenta- tion, and the last to wonder that it exerted such an amazing influence on mankind. We have only to remember th...at it required the best part of a man's life to become acquainted with the dialectics of Aristotle and his commentators ; that it was deemed indispensable to education to be master of tbe philosophy of the schools ; that it was linked by a thousand ties to the reigning superstition; that the colossal power of the Roman See was sustained chiefly by the prevalence of this philosophy; and that to doubt the dogmas of that superstition, and of course the philosophy of Aristotle, sub- jected a man to the horrors of the Inquisition, — and we sball cease to wonder that it so long swayed its sceptre over mankind.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
THE WORKS OF LORD BAGON. 133 despise it because it has passed out of view, and we deem it not worth inquiry. We look on it as we do on desert sands which we are not bound to traverse ; and on dark and pesti- lential and frightful abodes which we are afraid to enter. But they who have looked at the system are the last to hold it in contempt as an effort of profound and subtle argumenta- tion, and the last to wonder that it exerted such an amazing influence on mankind. We have only to remember th...at it required the best part of a man's life to become acquainted with the dialectics of Aristotle and his commentators ; that it was deemed indispensable to education to be master of tbe philosophy of the schools ; that it was linked by a thousand ties to the reigning superstition; that the colossal power of the Roman See was sustained chiefly by the prevalence of this philosophy; and that to doubt the dogmas of that superstition, and of course the philosophy of Aristotle, sub- jected a man to the horrors of the Inquisition, — and we sball cease to wonder that it so long swayed its sceptre over mankind.
What to read after Miscellaneous Essays And Reviews volume 1?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Albert Barnes to read onlineMoreLess
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