The Works of Francis Bacon, Volumen4Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1858 |
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... reason of that ignorance mischiefs innumerable ; he thought all trial should be made , whether that commerce between the mind of man and the nature of things , which is more precious than anything on earth , or at least than anything ...
... reason of that ignorance mischiefs innumerable ; he thought all trial should be made , whether that commerce between the mind of man and the nature of things , which is more precious than anything on earth , or at least than anything ...
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... reason to be ashamed of the discoveries which have been made , and no doubt the ancients proved themselves in everything that turns on wit and abstract meditation , wonderful men . But as in former ages when men sailed only by ...
... reason to be ashamed of the discoveries which have been made , and no doubt the ancients proved themselves in everything that turns on wit and abstract meditation , wonderful men . But as in former ages when men sailed only by ...
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... reason in the inquisition of things , and the true helps of the understanding : that thereby ( as far as the con- dition of mortality and humanity allows ) the intellect may be raised and exalted , and made capable of overcoming the ...
... reason in the inquisition of things , and the true helps of the understanding : that thereby ( as far as the con- dition of mortality and humanity allows ) the intellect may be raised and exalted , and made capable of overcoming the ...
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... reason either of the sub- tlety of the whole body , or the minuteness of the parts , or distance of place , or slowness or else swiftness of motion , or familiarity of the object , or other causes . And again when the sense does ...
... reason either of the sub- tlety of the whole body , or the minuteness of the parts , or distance of place , or slowness or else swiftness of motion , or familiarity of the object , or other causes . And again when the sense does ...
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... Reason . The explanation of which things , and of the true relation between the nature of things and the nature of the mind , is as the strewing and decoration of the bridal chamber of the Mind and the Universe , the Divine Goodness ...
... Reason . The explanation of which things , and of the true relation between the nature of things and the nature of the mind , is as the strewing and decoration of the bridal chamber of the Mind and the Universe , the Divine Goodness ...
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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.