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How Did Benjamin Franklin Use His Aphorisms In Poor Richard's Almanack

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For my Benjamin Franklin creative project, I drew buildings on one side of the paper and a cross on the other. I based this drawing around one of Franklin’s aphorisms in Poor Richard’s Almanack. The aphorism was “The way to see by faith is to shut the eye of reason” (3). Franklin was a deist and he believed that organized religion hindered the growth of society as a whole. He did not think that people could believe in both and that you had to choose either one or the other.

The first half of the drawing is of our society. Humans have made huge leaps in scientific advancements in the past couple decades. When we use our intellect to explore and study the world, it gives us more insight into ourselves and how we came to be. I drew buildings

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