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... HISTORY CATALOGUE OF PARTICULAR HISTORIES OF THE DIGNITY AND ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING . BOOKS II.—VI. ARGUMENTS OF THE SEVERAL CHAPTERS BOOK II . · BOOK III . BOOK IV . Book V. BOOK VI . Page 249 265 275 283 336 372 - 405 - 438 THE WORKS ...
... HISTORY CATALOGUE OF PARTICULAR HISTORIES OF THE DIGNITY AND ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING . BOOKS II.—VI. ARGUMENTS OF THE SEVERAL CHAPTERS BOOK II . · BOOK III . BOOK IV . Book V. BOOK VI . Page 249 265 275 283 336 372 - 405 - 438 THE WORKS ...
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... History , true and severe ( unin- cumbered with literature and book - learning ) , such as philo- sophy may be built upon , —such , in fact , as I shall in its proper place describe : that so at length , after the lapse of so many ages ...
... History , true and severe ( unin- cumbered with literature and book - learning ) , such as philo- sophy may be built upon , —such , in fact , as I shall in its proper place describe : that so at length , after the lapse of so many ages ...
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... history as may serve for a foundation to build philosophy upon . For a good method of demonstration or form of interpreting nature may keep the mind from going astray or stumbling , but it is not any excellence of method that can supply ...
... history as may serve for a foundation to build philosophy upon . For a good method of demonstration or form of interpreting nature may keep the mind from going astray or stumbling , but it is not any excellence of method that can supply ...
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... history to Bodies ; but I have thought it my duty besides to make a separate history of such Virtues as may be considered cardinal in nature . I mean those original passions or desires of matter which constitute the primary elements of ...
... history to Bodies ; but I have thought it my duty besides to make a separate history of such Virtues as may be considered cardinal in nature . I mean those original passions or desires of matter which constitute the primary elements of ...
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... history . For I admit nothing but on the faith of eyes , or at least of careful and severe examination ; so that nothing is exaggerated for wonder's sake , but what I state is sound and without mixture of fables or vanity . All received ...
... history . For I admit nothing but on the faith of eyes , or at least of careful and severe examination ; so that nothing is exaggerated for wonder's sake , but what I state is sound and without mixture of fables or vanity . All received ...
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Página 47 - Human knowledge and human power meet in one, for where the cause is not known the effect cannot be produced. Nature to be commanded must be obeyed, and that which in contemplation is as the cause is in operation as the rule.
Página 93 - Those who have handled sciences have been either men of experiment or men of dogmas. The men of experiment are like the ant ; they only collect and use : the reasoners resemble spiders, who make cobwebs out of their own substance. But the bee takes a middle course ; it gathers its material from the flowers of the garden and of the field, but transforms and digests it by a power of its own.
Página 499 - All this is true, See. if time stood still ; which contrariwise moveth so round, that a froward retention of custom is as turbulent a thing as an innovation -, and they that reverence too much old times, are but a scorn to the new.