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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... former ages , for the ancients have shown themselves worthy of admiration in everything which concerned either wit or abstract reflection ; but , as in former ages , when men at sea , directing their course solely by the observation of ...
... former ages , for the ancients have shown themselves worthy of admiration in everything which concerned either wit or abstract reflection ; but , as in former ages , when men at sea , directing their course solely by the observation of ...
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... former kinds of idols may be extirpated , though with difficulty ; but this third is insuperable . All that can be done , is to point them out , and mark , and convict that treacherous faculty of the mind ; lest when the ancient errors ...
... former kinds of idols may be extirpated , though with difficulty ; but this third is insuperable . All that can be done , is to point them out , and mark , and convict that treacherous faculty of the mind ; lest when the ancient errors ...
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... Medicine into Three Functions : viz . , the Preservation of Health , the Cure of Diseases , and the Prolongation of Life . The last distinct from the two former . CHAPTER III . Division of the Doctrine of the Human CONTENTS . 23.
... Medicine into Three Functions : viz . , the Preservation of Health , the Cure of Diseases , and the Prolongation of Life . The last distinct from the two former . CHAPTER III . Division of the Doctrine of the Human CONTENTS . 23.
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... former drawn from Solomon . Pre- cepts relating to Self - advancement . CHAPTER III . The Arts of Empire or State Policy omitted . Two Deficiencies alone noticed . The Art of Enlarging the Bounds of Empire , and the Knowledge of ...
... former drawn from Solomon . Pre- cepts relating to Self - advancement . CHAPTER III . The Arts of Empire or State Policy omitted . Two Deficiencies alone noticed . The Art of Enlarging the Bounds of Empire , and the Knowledge of ...
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... former are for reconciling reason and philosophy with faith and religion ; and the latter for keeping them distinct , as things incom- patible , or making reason and knowledge subject to faith and religion . The author is clear , that ...
... former are for reconciling reason and philosophy with faith and religion ; and the latter for keeping them distinct , as things incom- patible , or making reason and knowledge subject to faith and religion . The author is clear , that ...
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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...