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The previously noted ‘The Practical Cogitator’ begins with some brief aphorisms on thinking and philosophy from Oliver Wendell Holmes ( a favorite of the editors), John Adams, and others. The first extended excerpt comes from Francis Bacon’s ‘Novum Organum’, where he presents his famous ‘idols’ that act as obstructions to the understanding and discovery of […]

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