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... sense , sometimes shining out , sometimes clouded over , through the woods of experience and particulars ; while ... senses must be laid out upon a sure plan . Not that I would be understood to mean that nothing whatever has been done in ...
... sense , sometimes shining out , sometimes clouded over , through the woods of experience and particulars ; while ... senses must be laid out upon a sure plan . Not that I would be understood to mean that nothing whatever has been done in ...
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... 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 teaching . For I do not endeavour either by ...
... 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 teaching . For I do not endeavour either by ...
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... sense within the limits of duty in respect of things divine : for the sense is like the sun , which reveals the face of earth , but seals and shuts up the face of heaven . My next , that in flying from this evil they fall not into the ...
... sense within the limits of duty in respect of things divine : for the sense is like the sun , which reveals the face of earth , but seals and shuts up the face of heaven . My next , that in flying from this evil they fall not into the ...
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... and that in the minor propositions as well as the major . For I consider induction to be that form of demonstration which upholds the sense , and closes with nature , and comes to the very brink of operation , if 24 PLAN OF THE WORK .
... and that in the minor propositions as well as the major . For I consider induction to be that form of demonstration which upholds the sense , and closes with nature , and comes to the very brink of operation , if 24 PLAN OF THE WORK .
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... sense and particulars up to the most general proposi- tions , as certain fixed poles for the argument to turn upon , and from these to derive the rest by middle terms : a short way , no doubt , but precipitate ; and one which will never ...
... sense and particulars up to the most general proposi- tions , as certain fixed poles for the argument to turn upon , and from these to derive the rest by middle terms : a short way , no doubt , but precipitate ; and one which will never ...
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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.