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... mind of man and the nature of things , which is more precious than anything on earth , or at least than anything that is of the earth , might by any means be restored to its per- fect and original condition , or if that may not be , yet ...
... mind of man and the nature of things , which is more precious than anything on earth , or at least than anything that is of the earth , might by any means be restored to its per- fect and original condition , or if that may not be , yet ...
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... mind . For better it is to make a beginning of that which may lead to something , than to engage in a perpetual struggle and pursuit in courses which have no exit . And certainly the two ways of contem- plation are much like those two ...
... mind . For better it is to make a beginning of that which may lead to something , than to engage in a perpetual struggle and pursuit in courses which have no exit . And certainly the two ways of contem- plation are much like those two ...
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... mind . And to say truth , I am wont for my own part to regard this work as a child of time rather than of wit ; the only wonder being that the first notion of the thing , and such great suspicions concern- ing matters long established ...
... mind . And to say truth , I am wont for my own part to regard this work as a child of time rather than of wit ; the only wonder being that the first notion of the thing , and such great suspicions concern- ing matters long established ...
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... mind may exercise over the nature of things the authority which properly belongs to it . It seems to me that men do not rightly understand either their store or their strength , but overrate the one and underrate the other . Hence it ...
... mind may exercise over the nature of things the authority which properly belongs to it . It seems to me that men do not rightly understand either their store or their strength , but overrate the one and underrate the other . Hence it ...
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... mind ; wherein nevertheless they show themselves never the more modest , seeing that they will rather lay the blame upon the common condition of men and nature than upon themselves . And then whatever any art fails to attain , they ever ...
... mind ; wherein nevertheless they show themselves never the more modest , seeing that they will rather lay the blame upon the common condition of men and nature than upon themselves . And then whatever any art fails to attain , they ever ...
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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.