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... namely , that you who resemble Solomon in so many things - in the gravity of your judgments , in the peacefulness of your reign , in the largeness of your heart , in the noble variety of the books which you have composed - would further ...
... namely , that you who resemble Solomon in so many things - in the gravity of your judgments , in the peacefulness of your reign , in the largeness of your heart , in the noble variety of the books which you have composed - would further ...
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... namely , that all industry in experimenting has begun with proposing to itself certain definite works to be accomplished , and has pursued them with premature and unseasonable eagerness ; it has sought , I say , experiments of Fruit ...
... namely , that all industry in experimenting has begun with proposing to itself certain definite works to be accomplished , and has pursued them with premature and unseasonable eagerness ; it has sought , I say , experiments of Fruit ...
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... namely , either from the doctrines and sects of philosophers , or from perverse rules of demonstration . But the innate are inherent in the very nature of the intellect , which is far more prone to error than the sense is . For let men ...
... namely , either from the doctrines and sects of philosophers , or from perverse rules of demonstration . But the innate are inherent in the very nature of the intellect , which is far more prone to error than the sense is . For let men ...
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... namely , that the entire work of the understanding be com- menced afresh , and the mind itself be from the very outset not left to take its own course , but guided at every step ; and the business be done as if by machinery . Certainly ...
... namely , that the entire work of the understanding be com- menced afresh , and the mind itself be from the very outset not left to take its own course , but guided at every step ; and the business be done as if by machinery . Certainly ...
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... ( namely , the former ) which it takes in accordance with logical order . For the mind longs to spring up to positions of higher generality , that it may find rest there ; and so after a little while wearies of experiment . But this evil ...
... ( namely , the former ) which it takes in accordance with logical order . For the mind longs to spring up to positions of higher generality , that it may find rest there ; and so after a little while wearies of experiment . But this evil ...
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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.