The Works of Francis Bacon, Volumen8Riverside Press, 1863 |
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... reason of that ignorance mischiefs innumerable ; he thought all trial should be made , whether that commerce between the mind of man and the nature of things , which is more precious than anything on earth , or at least than anything ...
... reason of that ignorance mischiefs innumerable ; he thought all trial should be made , whether that commerce between the mind of man and the nature of things , which is more precious than anything on earth , or at least than anything ...
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... reason which we employ in the inquisition of nature , is badly put together and built up , and like some magnificent structure without any foundation . For while men are occupied in admiring and applauding the false powers of the mind ...
... reason which we employ in the inquisition of nature , is badly put together and built up , and like some magnificent structure without any foundation . For while men are occupied in admiring and applauding the false powers of the mind ...
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... these , though honest in intention , have been weak in en- deavour . For they have been content to follow proba- ble reasons , and are carried round in a whirl of argu- ments , and in the promiscuous liberty of search have 30 PREFACE .
... these , though honest in intention , have been weak in en- deavour . For they have been content to follow proba- ble reasons , and are carried round in a whirl of argu- ments , and in the promiscuous liberty of search have 30 PREFACE .
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... labours . 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 .
... labours . 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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... reason in the inquisition of things , and the true helps of the understanding : that thereby ( as far as the ... reasons , but of designations 40 PLAN OF THE WORK .
... reason in the inquisition of things , and the true helps of the understanding : that thereby ( as far as the ... reasons , but of designations 40 PLAN OF THE WORK .
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