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... whole of this volume , and the latter half of the next , I am myself responsible . It may be well perhaps to add , that the translations are intended especially for the benefit of those who cannot read Latin . Those who can , will find ...
... whole of this volume , and the latter half of the next , I am myself responsible . It may be well perhaps to add , that the translations are intended especially for the benefit of those who cannot read Latin . Those who can , will find ...
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... whole thing anew upon a better plan , and to com- mence a total reconstruction of sciences , arts , and all human knowledge , raised upon the proper foundations . And this , though in the project and undertaking it may seem a thing ...
... whole thing anew upon a better plan , and to com- mence a total reconstruction of sciences , arts , and all human knowledge , raised upon the proper foundations . And this , though in the project and undertaking it may seem a thing ...
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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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... whole , but in the parts ill filled up ; in selection popular , and unsatisfactory even to those who propound them ; and therefore fenced round and set forth with sundry artifices . And if there be any who have determined to make trial ...
... whole , but in the parts ill filled up ; in selection popular , and unsatisfactory even to those who propound them ; and therefore fenced round and set forth with sundry artifices . And if there be any who have determined to make trial ...
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... whole therefore , it seems that men have not been happy hitherto either in the trust which they have placed in others or in their own industry with regard to the sciences ; especially as neither the demonstrations nor the experiments as ...
... whole therefore , it seems that men have not been happy hitherto either in the trust which they have placed in others or in their own industry with regard to the sciences ; especially as neither the demonstrations nor the experiments as ...
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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.