Francis Bacon: The logic now in use serves rather to fix and give stability to the errors which have their foundation in commonly recei

The logic now in use serves rather to fix and give stability to the errors which — Francis Bacon

The logic now in use serves rather to fix and give stability to the errors which have their foundation in commonly received notions than to help the search for truth. So it does more harm than good.

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