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... , varying in the method of treat- ment , but not new in substance , insomuch that the whole stock , numerous as it appears at first view , proves on examination to So be but scanty . And for its value and 13 PREFACE ·
... , varying in the method of treat- ment , but not new in substance , insomuch that the whole stock , numerous as it appears at first view , proves on examination to So be but scanty . And for its value and 13 PREFACE ·
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... appears to be represented to the life in the old fable of Scylla , who had the head and face of a virgin , but her womb was hung round with barking monsters , from which she could not be delivered . For in like manner the sciences to ...
... appears to be represented to the life in the old fable of Scylla , who had the head and face of a virgin , but her womb was hung round with barking monsters , from which she could not be delivered . For in like manner the sciences to ...
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... appears involved and more subtle than it really is . To examples of this kind , being in fact nothing more than an application of the second part in detail and at large , the fourth part of the work is devoted . - - The fifth part is ...
... appears involved and more subtle than it really is . To examples of this kind , being in fact nothing more than an application of the second part in detail and at large , the fourth part of the work is devoted . - - The fifth part is ...
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... appear merely as a guide to point out the road ; an office of small authority , and depending more upon a kind of luck than upon any ability or excellency . And thus much relates to the persons only . The other point of which I would ...
... appear merely as a guide to point out the road ; an office of small authority , and depending more upon a kind of luck than upon any ability or excellency . And thus much relates to the persons only . The other point of which I would ...
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... appears to be , that these specula- tions , being founded upon such an inadequate conception of the case , must necessarily be so wide of the truth that they would seem like mere madness if we could only compare them with it like the ...
... appears to be , that these specula- tions , being founded upon such an inadequate conception of the case , must necessarily be so wide of the truth that they would seem like mere madness if we could only compare them with it like the ...
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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.