The Works of Francis Bacon, Volumen4Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1858 |
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... spirit . For all those who before me have applied themselves to the invention of arts have but cast a glance or two ... spirits to give them oracles . I , on the contrary , dwelling purely and constantly among the facts of nature , with ...
... spirit . For all those who before me have applied themselves to the invention of arts have but cast a glance or two ... spirits to give them oracles . I , on the contrary , dwelling purely and constantly among the facts of nature , with ...
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... goodness to admit the human spirit for his playfellow at that game . Lastly , I would address one general admonition to all ; that they consider what are the aim 61 Knowledge true ends of knowledge , and that 20 PREFACE .
... goodness to admit the human spirit for his playfellow at that game . Lastly , I would address one general admonition to all ; that they consider what are the aim 61 Knowledge true ends of knowledge , and that 20 PREFACE .
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... spirit , and could find no rest therein . Wherefore if we labour in thy works with the sweat of our brows thou wilt make us partakers of thy vision and thy sabbath . Humbly we pray that this mind may be steadfast in us , and that ...
... spirit , and could find no rest therein . Wherefore if we labour in thy works with the sweat of our brows thou wilt make us partakers of thy vision and thy sabbath . Humbly we pray that this mind may be steadfast in us , and that ...
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... spirit of man ( according as it is meted out to dif- ferent individuals 1 ) is in fact a thing variable and full of per- turbation , and governed as it were by chance . Whence it was well observed by Heraclitus that men look for ...
... spirit of man ( according as it is meted out to dif- ferent individuals 1 ) is in fact a thing variable and full of per- turbation , and governed as it were by chance . Whence it was well observed by Heraclitus that men look for ...
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... spirits inclosed in tangible bodies lies hid and un- observed of men . So also all the more subtle changes of form in the parts of coarser substances ( which they commonly call ... spirit , or from its preoccupation 58 TRANSLATION OF THE.
... spirits inclosed in tangible bodies lies hid and un- observed of men . So also all the more subtle changes of form in the parts of coarser substances ( which they commonly call ... spirit , or from its preoccupation 58 TRANSLATION OF THE.
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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.