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... inquiry , of which they are weary and impatient . And if any one take this general acquiescence and consent for an argument of weight , as being the judgment of Time , let me tell him that the reasoning on which he relies is most ...
... inquiry , of which they are weary and impatient . And if any one take this general acquiescence and consent for an argument of weight , as being the judgment of Time , let me tell him that the reasoning on which he relies is most ...
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... inquiry . There is none who has dwelt upon ex- perience and the facts of nature as long as is necessary . Some there are indeed who have committed themselves to the waves of experience , and almost turned mechanics ; yet these again ...
... inquiry . There is none who has dwelt upon ex- perience and the facts of nature as long as is necessary . Some there are indeed who have committed themselves to the waves of experience , and almost turned mechanics ; yet these again ...
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... inquiry , and is abstracted from the facts rashly and sooner than is fit , is by me rejected ( so far as the inquisition of nature is concerned ) , as a thing uncertain , confused , and ill built up ; and I cannot be fairly asked to ...
... inquiry , and is abstracted from the facts rashly and sooner than is fit , is by me rejected ( so far as the inquisition of nature is concerned ) , as a thing uncertain , confused , and ill built up ; and I cannot be fairly asked to ...
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... inquiry . For the end which this science of mine proposes is the inven- tion not of arguments but of arts ; not of things in accordance with principles , but of principles themselves ; not of probable reasons , but of designations and ...
... inquiry . For the end which this science of mine proposes is the inven- tion not of arguments but of arts ; not of things in accordance with principles , but of principles themselves ; not of probable reasons , but of designations and ...
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... inquiry nearer the source than men have done heretofore ; submitting to exami- nation those things which the common logic takes on trust . For first , the logicians borrow the principles of each science from the science itself ...
... inquiry nearer the source than men have done heretofore ; submitting to exami- nation those things which the common logic takes on trust . For first , the logicians borrow the principles of each science from the science itself ...
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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.