Man's Sense is Not the Measure of All Things

For it is a false assertion that the sense of man is the measure of things. On the contrary, all perceptions as well of the sense as of the mind are according to the measure of the individual and not according to the measure of the universe. And the human understanding is like a false mirror, which, receiving rays irregularly, distorts and discolors the nature of things by mingling its own nature with it.

Francis Bacon, The Novum Organon, or a True Guide to the Interpretation of Nature (2005-11-30)

• nature
• perception
• senses