Episode #025 ... A Scientific Method For Your Life!
Philosophize This!
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Idols of the Theatre
Francis bacon was referring to long accepted doctrines of thought, or philosophical systems. He considers these philosophical systems as theatre because they're kind of like fictional plays where we create a setting that isn't real and act it out as though it is. We can see this kind of thing in droves in modern times all around us. But let's think about how much is at stake here. Being born into the world, being conditioned into a philosophical approach to life, and then not questioning it. The final idol francis bacon talks about is what he called the idols of the theatre.
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