Why do we not take our sense experience just as it comes to us, making no
attempt to give it these exact quantitative characteristics ?
請問這裡的take是什麼意思？
還有這句如何翻譯 ?

...何不就順從我們內心看到它第一眼的直觀感受, 非得要用冷冰的數字去理解呢?

這裡 take 的意思比較接近 accept。