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... manner in which Cicero or Tacitus expressed his thoughts , but to express their own ; and in Bacon's hands it became an organ of expression extremely powerful and sensitive , full of felici- ties and delicate effects , depending upon ...
... manner in which Cicero or Tacitus expressed his thoughts , but to express their own ; and in Bacon's hands it became an organ of expression extremely powerful and sensitive , full of felici- ties and delicate effects , depending upon ...
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... manner the sciences to which we are accustomed have certain general positions which are specious and flattering ; but as soon as they come to particulars , which are as the parts of genera- tion , when they should produce fruit and ...
... manner the sciences to which we are accustomed have certain general positions which are specious and flattering ; but as soon as they come to particulars , which are as the parts of genera- tion , when they should produce fruit and ...
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... manner the discoveries which have been hitherto made in the arts and sciences are such as might be made by practice , meditation , observation , argumentation , — for they lay near to the senses , and immediately beneath common notions ...
... manner the discoveries which have been hitherto made in the arts and sciences are such as might be made by practice , meditation , observation , argumentation , — for they lay near to the senses , and immediately beneath common notions ...
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... manner of the tempta- tion . Whereas of the sciences which regard nature , the divine . philosopher declares that " it is the glory of God to conceal a thing , but it is the glory of the King to find a thing out . " Even as though the ...
... manner of the tempta- tion . Whereas of the sciences which regard nature , the divine . philosopher declares that " it is the glory of God to conceal a thing , but it is the glory of the King to find a thing out . " Even as though the ...
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... manner in which I made it ; that men knowing exactly how each point was made out , may see whether there be any error connected with it , and may arouse themselves to devise proofs more trustworthy and exquisite , if such can be found ...
... manner in which I made it ; that men knowing exactly how each point was made out , may see whether there be any error connected with it , and may arouse themselves to devise proofs more trustworthy and exquisite , if such can be found ...
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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.