The Works of Francis Bacon, Volumen4Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1858 |
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... physics of Aris- totle you hear hardly anything but the words of logic ; which in his metaphysics also , under a more imposing name , and more forsooth as a realist than a nominalist , he has handled over again . Nor let any weight be ...
... physics of Aris- totle you hear hardly anything but the words of logic ; which in his metaphysics also , under a more imposing name , and more forsooth as a realist than a nominalist , he has handled over again . Nor let any weight be ...
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... physics and end in mathematics . Again , let no one be afraid of high numbers or minute fractions . For in dealing with numbers it is as easy to set down or conceive a thousand as one , or the thousandth part of an integer as an integer ...
... physics and end in mathematics . Again , let no one be afraid of high numbers or minute fractions . For in dealing with numbers it is as easy to set down or conceive a thousand as one , or the thousandth part of an integer as an integer ...
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... physics and mathematics . And therefore the exact revolutions and distances of the planets - in the history of the heavenly bodies ; the compass of the land and the super- ficial space it occupies in comparison of the waters in the ...
... physics and mathematics . And therefore the exact revolutions and distances of the planets - in the history of the heavenly bodies ; the compass of the land and the super- ficial space it occupies in comparison of the waters in the ...
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... Physic ( special ) and Metaphysic . Whereof Physic inquires of the Efficient Cause and the Material ; Metaphysic of the Final Cause and the Form . Division of Physic ( special ) into doc- trine concerning the Principles of Things ...
... Physic ( special ) and Metaphysic . Whereof Physic inquires of the Efficient Cause and the Material ; Metaphysic of the Final Cause and the Form . Division of Physic ( special ) into doc- trine concerning the Principles of Things ...
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... physic ) other helps are required besides books . Wherein also the beneficence of men has not been altogether wanting ; for we see spheres , globes , astrolabes , maps , and the like have been provided and prepared as assistants to ...
... physic ) other helps are required besides books . Wherein also the beneficence of men has not been altogether wanting ; for we see spheres , globes , astrolabes , maps , and the like have been provided and prepared as assistants to ...
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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.