The Works of Francis Bacon, Volumen4Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1858 |
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... of the works to be translated was made by Mr. Ellis , as including all that are necessary to give a com- plete view of Bacon's philosophical opinions . J. S. TRANSLATIONS OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL WORKS . PART I. VOL . vi PREFACE .
... of the works to be translated was made by Mr. Ellis , as including all that are necessary to give a com- plete view of Bacon's philosophical opinions . J. S. TRANSLATIONS OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL WORKS . PART I. VOL . vi PREFACE .
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... give them oracles . I , on the contrary , dwelling purely and constantly among the facts of nature , with- draw my intellect from them no further than may suffice to let the images and rays of natural objects meet in a point , as they ...
... give them oracles . I , on the contrary , dwelling purely and constantly among the facts of nature , with- draw my intellect from them no further than may suffice to let the images and rays of natural objects meet in a point , as they ...
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... give to faith that which is faith's . Lastly , that knowledge being now discharged of that venom which the serpent infused into it , and which makes the mind of man to swell , we may not be wise above measure and sobriety , but ...
... give to faith that which is faith's . Lastly , that knowledge being now discharged of that venom which the serpent infused into it , and which makes the mind of man to swell , we may not be wise above measure and sobriety , but ...
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... gives no infor- mation , sometimes it gives false information . For first , there are very many things which escape ... give much weight ; but I contrive that the office of the sense shall be only to judge of the experi- ment , and that ...
... gives no infor- mation , sometimes it gives false information . For first , there are very many things which escape ... give much weight ; but I contrive that the office of the sense shall be only to judge of the experi- ment , and that ...
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... give herself into their hands . For first , the information of the sense itself , sometimes failing , sometimes false ; observation , careless , irregular , and led by chance ; tradition , vain and fed on rumour ; practice , slavishly ...
... give herself into their hands . For first , the information of the sense itself , sometimes failing , sometimes false ; observation , careless , irregular , and led by chance ; tradition , vain and fed on rumour ; practice , slavishly ...
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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.