The Works of Francis Bacon, Volumen4Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer, 1858 |
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... true helps which are at man's disposal soberly and judiciously ; whence follows manifold ignorance of things , and by reason of that ignorance mischiefs innumerable ; he thought all trial should be made , whether that commerce between ...
... true helps which are at man's disposal soberly and judiciously ; whence follows manifold ignorance of things , and by reason of that ignorance mischiefs innumerable ; he thought all trial should be made , whether that commerce between ...
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... true and severe ( unin- cumbered with literature and book - learning ) , such as philo- sophy may be built upon , —such , in fact , as I shall in its proper place describe : that so at length , after the lapse of so many ages ...
... true and severe ( unin- cumbered with literature and book - learning ) , such as philo- sophy may be built upon , —such , in fact , as I shall in its proper place describe : that so at length , after the lapse of so many ages ...
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... true and legitimate humiliation of the human spirit . For all those who before me have applied themselves to the invention of arts have but cast a glance or two upon facts and examples and experience , and straightway proceeded , as if ...
... true and legitimate humiliation of the human spirit . For all those who before me have applied themselves to the invention of arts have but cast a glance or two upon facts and examples and experience , and straightway proceeded , as if ...
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... and 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 .
... and 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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... true ends of knowledge , and that they seek it not either for pleasure of the mind , or for contention , or for superiority to others , or for profit , or fame , or power , or any of these inferior things ; but for the benefit and use ...
... true ends of knowledge , and that they seek it not either for pleasure of the mind , or for contention , or for superiority to others , or for profit , or fame , or power , or any of these inferior things ; but for the benefit and use ...
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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.