The Works of Francis Bacon, Volumen4Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1858 |
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... errors which have hitherto prevailed , and which will pre- vail for ever , should ( if the mind be left to go its own way ) , either by the natural force of the understanding or by help of the aids and instruments of Logic , one by one ...
... errors which have hitherto prevailed , and which will pre- vail for ever , should ( if the mind be left to go its own way ) , either by the natural force of the understanding or by help of the aids and instruments of Logic , one by one ...
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... error be the opposite of the other , the causes of erring are the same in both . And if there have been any who , not binding themselves either to other men's opinions or to their own , but loving liberty , have desired to engage others ...
... error be the opposite of the other , the causes of erring are the same in both . And if there have been any who , not binding themselves either to other men's opinions or to their own , but loving liberty , have desired to engage others ...
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... error than to open the way to truth . Upon the whole therefore , it seems that men have not been happy hitherto either in ... errors and wanderers . In circum- stances so difficult neither the natural force of man's judgment nor even any ...
... error than to open the way to truth . Upon the whole therefore , it seems that men have not been happy hitherto either in ... errors and wanderers . In circum- stances so difficult neither the natural force of man's judgment nor even any ...
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... errors can be marked and set aside before the mass of know- ledge be further infected by them ; and it will be easy also for others to continue and carry on my labours . And by these means I suppose that I have established for ever a ...
... errors can be marked and set aside before the mass of know- ledge be further infected by them ; and it will be easy also for others to continue and carry on my labours . And by these means I suppose that I have established for ever a ...
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... error , which they will surely do if they think that the inquisition of nature is in any part interdicted or forbidden . For it was not that pure and uncorrupted natural knowledge whereby Adam gave names to the creatures accord- ing to ...
... error , which they will surely do if they think that the inquisition of nature is in any part interdicted or forbidden . For it was not that pure and uncorrupted natural knowledge whereby Adam gave names to the creatures accord- ing 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.