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Francis Bacon

Cited in 2 segments across 1 recording · 2020 · person/person:francis-bacon

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15 Nov 2020video Why did so many cultures believe in the evil eye? Because people long believed the eye actively shot out rays, and the belief helped explain sudden illness and misfortune. He says the evil eye itself is nonsense. Lessonposition checkedFrancis BaconThomas AquinasDanteLeonardo da Vinci machine10 min 48 s17:44on YouTube
15 Nov 2020video Is the evil eye based on science? It rested on the old belief that eyes shoot out rays, which people once took as science; Ibn al-Qayyim described envious 'arrows' from the eye. Ibn al-Haytham and later science showed that eyes only take in light. Lessonposition checkedIbn al-Haytham (Alhazen)Ibn al-Qayyim [?] (name garbled in the transcript)Francis BaconWilliam Shakespeare machine12 min 34 s28:32on YouTube