The Works of Francis Bacon, Volumen4Longman, 1858 |
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... Virtues as may be considered cardinal in nature . I mean those original passions or desires of matter which constitute the primary elements of nature ; such as Dense and Rare , Hot and Cold , Solid and Fluid , Heavy and Light , and ...
... Virtues as may be considered cardinal in nature . I mean those original passions or desires of matter which constitute the primary elements of nature ; such as Dense and Rare , Hot and Cold , Solid and Fluid , Heavy and Light , and ...
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... . For besides that I hope my speculations may in virtue of my continual conversancy with nature have a value beyond the pretensions of my wit , - they will serve in the meantime for wayside inns , PLAN OF THE WORK . 31.
... . For besides that I hope my speculations may in virtue of my continual conversancy with nature have a value beyond the pretensions of my wit , - they will serve in the meantime for wayside inns , PLAN OF THE WORK . 31.
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... virtues ; and both of them belong to those empty compendia of thought wherein the mind rests , and whereby it is diverted from more solid pursuits . It is to better purpose that the physicians bestow their labour on the secondary ...
... virtues ; and both of them belong to those empty compendia of thought wherein the mind rests , and whereby it is diverted from more solid pursuits . It is to better purpose that the physicians bestow their labour on the secondary ...
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... virtues and operations ; and if ever they have produced works , they have been such as aim rather at admiration and novelty than at utility and fruit . In superstitious magic on the other hand ( if of this also we must speak ) , it is ...
... virtues and operations ; and if ever they have produced works , they have been such as aim rather at admiration and novelty than at utility and fruit . In superstitious magic on the other hand ( if of this also we must speak ) , it is ...
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... virtue , and yet of no use except in their development . And the scattered rays of light itself , until they are made to converge , can impart none of their benefit . But if objection be taken to speculative subtleties , what is to be ...
... virtue , and yet of no use except in their development . And the scattered rays of light itself , until they are made to converge , can impart none of their benefit . But if objection be taken to speculative subtleties , what is to be ...
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Página 93 - 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 56 - The human understanding when it has once adopted an opinion (either as being the received opinion or as being agreeable to itself) draws all things else to support and agree with it. And though there be a greater number and weight of instances to be found on the other side, yet these it either neglects and despises, or else by some distinction sets aside and rejects; in order that by this great and pernicious predetermination the authority of its former conclusions may remain inviolate.
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 47 - Neither the naked hand nor the understanding left to itself can effect much. It is by instruments and helps that the work is done, which are as much wanted for the understanding as for the hand.
Página 396 - formed man of the dust of the earth and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and man became a living soul.
Página 21 - I am labouring to lay the foundation, not of any sect or doctrine, but of human utility and power.
Página 497 - Critical and Historical Essays contributed to the Edinburgh Review. By the Right Hon. Lord MACAULAY. CHEAP EDITION, crown 8vo. 3s. 6d. STUDENT'S EDITION, crown 8vo. 6s. PEOPLE'S EDITION, 2 vols. crown 8vo. 8s. CABINET EDITION, 4 vols. 24>-.
Página 104 - But for my part I do not trouble myself with any such speculative and withal unprofitable matters. My purpose, on the contrary, is to try whether I cannot in very fact lay more firmly the foundations, and extend more widely the limits, of the power and greatness of man.
Página 317 - The use of this feigned history hath been to give some shadow of satisfaction to the mind of man in those points wherein the nature of things doth deny it, the world being in proportion inferior to the soul ; by reason whereof there is, agreeable to the spirit of man, a more ample greatness, a more exact goodness, and a more absolute variety, than can be found in the nature of things.
Página 59 - The Idols of the Cave take their rise in the peculiar constitution, mental or bodily, of each individual; and also in education, habit, and accident. Of this kind there is a great number and variety ; but I will instance those the pointing out of which contains the most important caution, and which have most effect in disturbing the clearness of the understanding.