The Works of Francis Bacon, Volumen4Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1858 |
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... separate history of such Virtues as may be considered cardinal in nature . I mean those original passions or desires of matter which constitute the primary elements of nature ; such as Dense and Rare , Hot and Cold , Solid and Fluid ...
... separate history of such Virtues as may be considered cardinal in nature . I mean those original passions or desires of matter which constitute the primary elements of nature ; such as Dense and Rare , Hot and Cold , Solid and Fluid ...
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... separate art . There remains simple experience ; which , if taken as it comes , is called accident ; if sought for , experiment . But this kind of experience is no better than a broom without its band , as the saying is ; a mere groping ...
... separate art . There remains simple experience ; which , if taken as it comes , is called accident ; if sought for , experiment . But this kind of experience is no better than a broom without its band , as the saying is ; a mere groping ...
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... separate from the rays of heavenly bodies ) , reject the nature of heavenly bodies . 3. On account of the warmth acquired by all kinds of bodies ( minerals , vegetables , skin of animals , water , oil , air , and the rest ) by mere ...
... separate from the rays of heavenly bodies ) , reject the nature of heavenly bodies . 3. On account of the warmth acquired by all kinds of bodies ( minerals , vegetables , skin of animals , water , oil , air , and the rest ) by mere ...
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... separate inquiry . Again , our notion of fire is popular , and of no use ; being made up of the combination in any body of heat and brightness , as in common flame and bodies heated to redness . Having thus removed all ambiguity , I ...
... separate inquiry . Again , our notion of fire is popular , and of no use ; being made up of the combination in any body of heat and brightness , as in common flame and bodies heated to redness . Having thus removed all ambiguity , I ...
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... separately ; for they are of excellent use in indicating the composition and structure of things , and suggesting the causes of the number and quality of the ordinary species in the universe , and carrying on the understanding from that ...
... separately ; for they are of excellent use in indicating the composition and structure of things , and suggesting the causes of the number and quality of the ordinary species in the universe , and carrying on the understanding from that ...
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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.