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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... object of the work embraces the doc- trine of a more perfect use of reason , and the true helps of the intellectual faculties , so as to raise and enlarge the powers of the mind ; and , as far as the condition of humanity allows , to ...
... object of the work embraces the doc- trine of a more perfect use of reason , and the true helps of the intellectual faculties , so as to raise and enlarge the powers of the mind ; and , as far as the condition of humanity allows , to ...
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... object . For in common logic , almost our whole labour is spent upon the syllogism . Logicians hitherto appear scarcely to have noticed induction , passing it over with some slight comment . But we reject the syllogistic method as being ...
... object . For in common logic , almost our whole labour is spent upon the syllogism . Logicians hitherto appear scarcely to have noticed induction , passing it over with some slight comment . But we reject the syllogistic method as being ...
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... objects to one another , is nothing moro than the reiation which they have to our organization . Hence as these relations of objects , either internal or exterior to the mind vary , sensa- tions must vary along with them , and produce ...
... objects to one another , is nothing moro than the reiation which they have to our organization . Hence as these relations of objects , either internal or exterior to the mind vary , sensa- tions must vary along with them , and produce ...
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... Objects of the latter . Two Appendices to the Doctrine of the Faculties of the Soul : viz . , Natural Divination and Fascination ( Mesmerism ) . The Faculties of the Sensible Soul divided into those of Motion and Sense . BOOK V. CHAPTER ...
... Objects of the latter . Two Appendices to the Doctrine of the Faculties of the Soul : viz . , Natural Divination and Fascination ( Mesmerism ) . The Faculties of the Sensible Soul divided into those of Motion and Sense . BOOK V. CHAPTER ...
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... object ; and even at the spark of a thought foreign to the purpose to burst into flame . As the Scripture says of the wisest king , “ That his heart was as the sands of the sea , " , " c which , though one of the largest bodies ...
... object ; and even at the spark of a thought foreign to the purpose to burst into flame . As the Scripture says of the wisest king , “ That his heart was as the sands of the sea , " , " c which , though one of the largest bodies ...
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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...