The Works of Francis Bacon, Volumen4Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1858 |
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... common condition of men and nature than upon themselves . And then whatever any art fails to attain , they ever set it down upon the authority of that art itself as impossible of attainment ; and how can art be found guilty when it is ...
... common condition of men and nature than upon themselves . And then whatever any art fails to attain , they ever set it down upon the authority of that art itself as impossible of attainment ; and how can art be found guilty when it is ...
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... common stock . And for myself , if in anything I have been either too credulous or too little awake and attentive , or if I have fallen off by the way and left the inquiry incomplete , nevertheless I so present these things naked and ...
... common stock . And for myself , if in anything I have been either too credulous or too little awake and attentive , or if I have fallen off by the way and left the inquiry incomplete , nevertheless I so present these things naked and ...
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... common good ; and being now freed and guarded by the securities and helps which I offer from the errors and impedi- ments of the way , to come forward themselves and take part in that which remains to be done . Moreover , to be of good ...
... common good ; and being now freed and guarded by the securities and helps which I offer from the errors and impedi- ments of the way , to come forward themselves and take part in that which remains to be done . Moreover , to be of good ...
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... common logic takes on trust . For first , the logicians borrow the principles of each science from the science itself ; secondly , they hold in reverence the first notions of the mind ; and lastly , they receive as conclusive the ...
... common logic takes on trust . For first , the logicians borrow the principles of each science from the science itself ; secondly , they hold in reverence the first notions of the mind ; and lastly , they receive as conclusive the ...
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... common in- duction ; but much more in the axioms and lower propositions educed by the syllogism . XVIII . The discoveries which have hitherto been made in the sciences are such as lie close to vulgar notions , scarcely beneath the VOL ...
... common in- duction ; but much more in the axioms and lower propositions educed by the syllogism . XVIII . The discoveries which have hitherto been made in the sciences are such as lie close to vulgar notions , scarcely beneath the VOL ...
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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.