The Works of Francis Bacon, Volumen8Hurd and Houghton, 1872 |
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... ancient model ; even the world itself and the na- ture of things and of the mind . And to say truth , I am wont for my own part to regard this work as a child of time rather than of wit ; the only wonder being that the first notion of ...
... ancient model ; even the world itself and the na- ture of things and of the mind . And to say truth , I am wont for my own part to regard this work as a child of time rather than of wit ; the only wonder being that the first notion of ...
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... . We have no reason to be ashamed of the discoveries which have been made , and no doubt the ancients proved themselves in everything that turns on wit and abstract meditation , wonderful men . But as in former 32 PREFACE .
... . We have no reason to be ashamed of the discoveries which have been made , and no doubt the ancients proved themselves in everything that turns on wit and abstract meditation , wonderful men . But as in former 32 PREFACE .
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... ancient arts , the next point is to equip the intellect for passing beyond . To the second part therefore belongs the doctrine concern- ing the better and more perfect use of human reason in the inquisition of things , and the true ...
... ancient arts , the next point is to equip the intellect for passing beyond . To the second part therefore belongs the doctrine concern- ing the better and more perfect use of human reason in the inquisition of things , and the true ...
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... ancient sophists , or from uncertainty and fluctuation of mind , or even from a kind of fulness of learning , that they fell upon this opinion , ― have certainly advanced reasons for it that are not to be despised ; but yet they have ...
... ancient sophists , or from uncertainty and fluctuation of mind , or even from a kind of fulness of learning , that they fell upon this opinion , ― have certainly advanced reasons for it that are not to be despised ; but yet they have ...
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... ancients re- mains untouched and undiminished ; while I may carry out my designs and at the same time reap the fruit of my modesty . For if I should profess that I , going the same road as the ancients , have something better to produce ...
... ancients re- mains untouched and undiminished ; while I may carry out my designs and at the same time reap the fruit of my modesty . For if I should profess that I , going the same road as the ancients , have something better to produce ...
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