The severe Schools shall never laugh me out of the Philosophy of Hermes, that this visible world is but a picture of the invisible.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Rejecting rigid academic views that deny the symbolic nature of reality.
- In plain terms
- Schools won't make me doubt that the world mirrors the invisible.
- What can you take from it?
- Trust your deeper view despite criticism.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What proves the invisible?
- How to handle criticism?
Another view
It assumes a mystical view is superior to empirical ones.
More from Sir Thomas Browne
I have often admired the mystical way of Pythagoras, and the secret Magic of numbers.
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