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... objects meet in a point , as they do in the sense of vision ; whence it follows that the strength and excellency of the wit has but little to do in the matter . And the same humility which I use in inventing I employ likewise in ...
... objects meet in a point , as they do in the sense of vision ; whence it follows that the strength and excellency of the wit has but little to do in the matter . And the same humility which I use in inventing I employ likewise in ...
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... object as the acquisition of more . Besides which it will make me the better listened to ; for " He that is ignorant ( says the proverb ) re- ceives not the words of knowledge , unless thou first tell him that which is in his own heart ...
... object as the acquisition of more . Besides which it will make me the better listened to ; for " He that is ignorant ( says the proverb ) re- ceives not the words of knowledge , unless thou first tell him that which is in his own heart ...
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... object , or other causes . And again when the sense does apprehend a thing its apprehension is not much to be relied upon . For the testimony and information of the sense has reference always to man , not to the universe ; and it is a ...
... object , or other causes . And again when the sense does apprehend a thing its apprehension is not much to be relied upon . For the testimony and information of the sense has reference always to man , not to the universe ; and it is a ...
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... in subtlety , in selection also and setting forth , with a view to the operations which are to follow . For first , the object of the natural history which I propose is not so much to delight with variety of matter 28 PLAN OF THE WORK .
... in subtlety , in selection also and setting forth , with a view to the operations which are to follow . For first , the object of the natural history which I propose is not so much to delight with variety of matter 28 PLAN OF THE WORK .
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... objects , human Knowledge and human Power , do really meet in one ; and it is from ignorance of causes that operation fails . And all depends on keeping the eye steadily fixed upon the facts of nature and so receiving their images ...
... objects , human Knowledge and human Power , do really meet in one ; and it is from ignorance of causes that operation fails . And all depends on keeping the eye steadily fixed upon the facts of nature and so receiving their images ...
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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.