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Poetry raises the mind by bending appearances to its desires, while reason bows the mind to things
Drawn from what Francis Bacon said
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- Francis Bacon English philosopher, lawyer and statesman (1561 to 1626)
And therefore, it was ever thought to have some participation of divineness, because it doth raise and erect the mind, by submitting the shows of things to the desires of the mind; whereas reason doth buckle and bow the mind unto the nature of things.
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↗The Advancement of Learning (1605)gutenberg.org
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