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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... called forth the just censures of Bacon and his friends . The version of Eustace Cary is no less unfor- tunate , owing to its poverty of diction , and antiquated phraseology . Under the public sense of these failures , ano- ther ...
... called forth the just censures of Bacon and his friends . The version of Eustace Cary is no less unfor- tunate , owing to its poverty of diction , and antiquated phraseology . Under the public sense of these failures , ano- ther ...
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... called in question . DISTRIBUTION OF THE WORK . IN SIX PARTS . 1. Survey and Extension of the Sciences ; or , the Advancement of Learning . 2. Novum Organum ; or , Precepts for the Interpretation of Nature . 3. Phenomena of the Universe ...
... called in question . DISTRIBUTION OF THE WORK . IN SIX PARTS . 1. Survey and Extension of the Sciences ; or , the Advancement of Learning . 2. Novum Organum ; or , Precepts for the Interpretation of Nature . 3. Phenomena of the Universe ...
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... called The Art of interpreting Nature ; as differing widely from the common logic , which , however , pretends to assist and direct the understanding , and in that they agree : but the difference betwixt them consists in three things ...
... called The Art of interpreting Nature ; as differing widely from the common logic , which , however , pretends to assist and direct the understanding , and in that they agree : but the difference betwixt them consists in three things ...
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... called reasons of state , yet they are perfect in the plain grounds of religion , justice , honour , and moral virtue , which , if well pursued , there will be as little use of reasons of state , as of physic in a healthy constitution ...
... called reasons of state , yet they are perfect in the plain grounds of religion , justice , honour , and moral virtue , which , if well pursued , there will be as little use of reasons of state , as of physic in a healthy constitution ...
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... called Cynics who , like Diogenes , rather barked than declaimed against the vices and the manners of their age . Ed . Du Bartas Bethulian's Rescue , b . v , translated by Sylvester . rather to be censured than defended . Yet the ...
... called Cynics who , like Diogenes , rather barked than declaimed against the vices and the manners of their age . Ed . Du Bartas Bethulian's Rescue , b . v , translated by Sylvester . rather to be censured than defended . Yet the ...
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Page 566 - BELL (Sir Charles). The Anatomy and Philosophy of Expression, as connected with the Fine Arts.
Page 567 - Tables for verifying Dates with the Christian Era, &c. Giving an account of the Chief Eras and Systems used by various Nations ; with the easy Methods for determining the Corresponding Dates. By JJ Bond. 5*. BONOMI'S Nineveh and its Palaces. 7 Plates and 294 Woodcut Illustrations. 5.?.
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...
Page 567 - Man. 31. 6d. Chalmers on the Adaptation of External Nature to the Moral and Intellectual Constitution of Man. 5.?.
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...