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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... produced about sixty years ago by Dr. Shaw , which might have merited approbation , had not the learned physician been impressed with the idea that he could improve Bacon by relieving his work of some of its choicest passages , and ...
... produced about sixty years ago by Dr. Shaw , which might have merited approbation , had not the learned physician been impressed with the idea that he could improve Bacon by relieving his work of some of its choicest passages , and ...
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... produced fruit rather than know- ledge , in opposition to the Divine method , which on the first day created time alone , delaying its material creations until the sun had illumined space . Lastly , those who recommend logic as the best ...
... produced fruit rather than know- ledge , in opposition to the Divine method , which on the first day created time alone , delaying its material creations until the sun had illumined space . Lastly , those who recommend logic as the best ...
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... producing of authorities , or the mask of obscurity ; as any one might do , who had rather give lustre to his own name , than light to the minds of others . We offer no violence , and spread no nets for the judgments of men , but lead ...
... producing of authorities , or the mask of obscurity ; as any one might do , who had rather give lustre to his own name , than light to the minds of others . We offer no violence , and spread no nets for the judgments of men , but lead ...
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... but plans and designs of works- a different intention producing a different effect . In one the adversary is conquered by dispute , and in the other nature by works . The nature and order of the demonstrations DISTRIBUTION OF THE WORK . 11.
... but plans and designs of works- a different intention producing a different effect . In one the adversary is conquered by dispute , and in the other nature by works . The nature and order of the demonstrations DISTRIBUTION OF THE WORK . 11.
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... produce , even in the same indi- vidual , a crowd of impressions either conflicting or in some measure opposed to each other . So far as these feelings concern morals , it is the business of ethics to bring them under the influence of ...
... produce , even in the same indi- vidual , a crowd of impressions either conflicting or in some measure opposed to each other . So far as these feelings concern morals , it is the business of ethics to bring them under the influence of ...
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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...