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The road to true philosophy is precisely the same with that which leads to true religion; and from both the one and the other, unless we would enter in as little children, we must expect to be totally excluded.

The road to true philosophy is precisely the same with that which leads to true religion; and from both the one and the other, unless we would enter in as little children, we must expect to be totally excluded.

Approximate author period: c. 1593 AD · renaissance

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Francis Bacon
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Approximate author period: c. 1593 AD · renaissance
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Many Thoughts of Many Minds (1896) (1896 AD)

Philosophy · anthology attribution: Bacon

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Francis Bacon: Painted portrait

Listed in the author section of Bartlett’s ninth-edition anthology, in the linked 1905 printing. Dates reflect that historical edition and may differ from modern scholarship.

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