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... sciences , arts , and all human knowledge , raised upon the proper foundations . And this , though in the project ... science there is only a whirling round about , and perpetual agitation , ending where it began . And although he was ...
... sciences , arts , and all human knowledge , raised upon the proper foundations . And this , though in the project ... science there is only a whirling round about , and perpetual agitation , ending where it began . And although he was ...
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... sciences . Lastly , I have a request to make a request no way unworthy of your Majesty , and which especially concerns the work in hand ; namely , that you who resemble Solomon in so many things - in the gravity of your judgments , in ...
... sciences . Lastly , I have a request to make a request no way unworthy of your Majesty , and which especially concerns the work in hand ; namely , that you who resemble Solomon in so many things - in the gravity of your judgments , in ...
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... sciences abound , he will find everywhere endless repetitions of the same thing , varying in the method of treat- ment , but not new in substance , insomuch that the whole stock , numerous as it appears at first view , proves on ...
... sciences abound , he will find everywhere endless repetitions of the same thing , varying in the method of treat- ment , but not new in substance , insomuch that the whole stock , numerous as it appears at first view , proves on ...
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... 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 works , then ...
... 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 works , then ...
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... sciences has its origin in nothing better than the confidence of a few persons and the sloth and indolence of the rest . For after the sciences had been in several parts perhaps cultivated and handled dili- gently , there has risen up ...
... sciences has its origin in nothing better than the confidence of a few persons and the sloth and indolence of the rest . For after the sciences had been in several parts perhaps cultivated and handled dili- gently , there has risen up ...
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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.