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... the authority of too few cases . For the Rational School of philosophers snatches from experience a variety of common instances , neither duly ascertained nor diligently examined and weighed , and leaves all the rest NOVUM ORGANUM . 63.
... the authority of too few cases . For the Rational School of philosophers snatches from experience a variety of common instances , neither duly ascertained nor diligently examined and weighed , and leaves all the rest NOVUM ORGANUM . 63.
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... instance ) that there is in bodies a desire of mutual contact , so as not to suffer the unity of nature to be quite separated or broken and a vacuum thus made ; or if any one say that there is in bodies a desire of esuming their natural ...
... instance ) that there is in bodies a desire of mutual contact , so as not to suffer the unity of nature to be quite separated or broken and a vacuum thus made ; or if any one say that there is in bodies a desire of esuming their natural ...
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... instance ; and it generally decides on too small a number of facts , and on those only which are at hand . But the ... instances : which has not yet been done or even VOL . IV . H attempted save only by Plato , who does indeed employ ...
... instance ; and it generally decides on too small a number of facts , and on those only which are at hand . But the ... instances : which has not yet been done or even VOL . IV . H attempted save only by Plato , who does indeed employ ...
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... instance , before the invention of ordnance , a man had described the thing by its effects , and said that there was a new invention , by means of which the strongest towers and walls could be shaken and thrown down at a great distance ...
... instance , before the invention of ordnance , a man had described the thing by its effects , and said that there was a new invention , by means of which the strongest towers and walls could be shaken and thrown down at a great distance ...
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... instance , and civet - the sweetest odours are sometimes generated , so too from mean and sordid instances there sometimes emanates excellent light and information . But enough and more than enough of this ; such fastidiousness being ...
... instance , and civet - the sweetest odours are sometimes generated , so too from mean and sordid instances there sometimes emanates excellent light and information . But enough and more than enough of this ; such fastidiousness being ...
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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.