The Physical and Metaphysical Works of Lord Bacon: Including the Advancement of Learning and Novum OrganumG. Bell and Sons, 1904 - 567 pages |
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... become absolutely clear and certain . As for first notions of the mind , we suspect all those that the understanding ... becomes relative ; and that which we call the relation of objects to one another , is nothing moro than the reiation ...
... become absolutely clear and certain . As for first notions of the mind , we suspect all those that the understanding ... becomes relative ; and that which we call the relation of objects to one another , is nothing moro than the reiation ...
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... becomes of the ship of the state , if they can save themselves in the cock - boat of their own fortune . Another charge brought against learned men , which may rather be defended than denied , is , " That they sometimes fail in making ...
... becomes of the ship of the state , if they can save themselves in the cock - boat of their own fortune . Another charge brought against learned men , which may rather be defended than denied , is , " That they sometimes fail in making ...
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... become more evident if the reader will recollect the word is derived from Kvvos , the Greek name for dog . Those philoso phers were called Cynics who , like Diogenes , rather barked than declaimed against the vices and the manners of ...
... become more evident if the reader will recollect the word is derived from Kvvos , the Greek name for dog . Those philoso phers were called Cynics who , like Diogenes , rather barked than declaimed against the vices and the manners of ...
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... become unfit for generation . And here we have a remarkable instance of the levity and incon- stancy of man's humour ; which , before a thing is effected , thinks it impossible , and as soon as it is done , wonders it was not done ...
... become unfit for generation . And here we have a remarkable instance of the levity and incon- stancy of man's humour ; which , before a thing is effected , thinks it impossible , and as soon as it is done , wonders it was not done ...
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... become silent , or sedi- tions and tumult drown their music , all things fall back to confusion and anarchy . This appears more manifestly when princes or governors are learned ; for though he might be thought partial to his profession ...
... become silent , or sedi- tions and tumult drown their music , all things fall back to confusion and anarchy . This appears more manifestly when princes or governors are learned ; for though he might be thought partial to his profession ...
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Page 68 - So that if the invention of the ship was thought so noble, which carrieth riches and commodities from place to place, and consociateth the most remote regions in participation of their fruits, how much more are letters to be magnified, which as ships pass through the vast seas of time, and make ages so distant to participate of the wisdom, illuminations, and inventions, the one of the other?
Page 32 - To conclude therefore, let no man, upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill-applied moderation, think or maintain that a man can search too far or be too well studied in the book of God's word or in the book of God's works; divinity or philosophy; but rather let men endeavour an endless progress or proficience in both...
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Page 45 - ... laborious webs of learning, which are extant in their books. For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of...