The Works of Francis Bacon, Volumen4Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1858 |
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... 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 examination to So be but scanty . And for its value and 13 PREFACE ·
... 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 examination to So be but scanty . And for its value and 13 PREFACE ·
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... opinions by pulling down and demolishing former ones ; and yet all their stir has but little advanced the matter ; since their aim has been not to extend philosophy and the arts in substance and value , but 16 PREFACE .
... opinions by pulling down and demolishing former ones ; and yet all their stir has but little advanced the matter ; since their aim has been not to extend philosophy and the arts in substance and value , but 16 PREFACE .
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... substance and value , but only to change doctrines and transfer the kingdom of opinions to them- selves ; whereby little has indeed been gained , for though the error be the opposite of the other , the causes of erring are the same in ...
... substance and value , but only to change doctrines and transfer the kingdom of opinions to them- selves ; whereby little has indeed been gained , for though the error be the opposite of the other , the causes of erring are the same in ...
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... Substance , Quality , Action , Passion , Essence itself , are not sound notions : much less are Heavy , Light , Dense , Rare , Moist , Dry , Generation , Corruption , Attraction , Repul- sion , Element , Matter , Form , and the like ...
... Substance , Quality , Action , Passion , Essence itself , are not sound notions : much less are Heavy , Light , Dense , Rare , Moist , Dry , Generation , Corruption , Attraction , Repul- sion , Element , Matter , Form , and the like ...
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... substances ( which they commonly call alteration , though it is in truth local motion through exceed- ingly small ... substance and reality to things which are fleeting . But to resolve nature into abstractions is less to our purpose ...
... substances ( which they commonly call alteration , though it is in truth local motion through exceed- ingly small ... substance and reality to things which are fleeting . But to resolve nature into abstractions is less to our purpose ...
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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.