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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... clear , that they should be kept separate , as will more fully appear hereafter , when he comes to treat of theology . Shas . Plutarch in M. Cato . letters , the pre - eminence in which , he 32 [ BOOKI ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING .
... clear , that they should be kept separate , as will more fully appear hereafter , when he comes to treat of theology . Shas . Plutarch in M. Cato . letters , the pre - eminence in which , he 32 [ BOOKI ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING .
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... treat his coun- try with the same forbearance as his parents , and recall her from a wrong course , not by violence or contest , but by entreaty and persuasion.m Cæsar's counsellor administers the same caveat in the words , " Non ad ...
... treat his coun- try with the same forbearance as his parents , and recall her from a wrong course , not by violence or contest , but by entreaty and persuasion.m Cæsar's counsellor administers the same caveat in the words , " Non ad ...
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... treating it , which amongst them was this : Upon every particular position they framed objections , and to those objections solutions ; which solutions were generally not confutations , but distinctions ; whereas the strength of all ...
... treating it , which amongst them was this : Upon every particular position they framed objections , and to those objections solutions ; which solutions were generally not confutations , but distinctions ; whereas the strength of all ...
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... treated , there are some other peccant humours , which , falling under popular observation and reprehension , require to be particularly mentioned . The first is the affecting of two extremes ; antiquity and novelty : wherein the ...
... treated , there are some other peccant humours , which , falling under popular observation and reprehension , require to be particularly mentioned . The first is the affecting of two extremes ; antiquity and novelty : wherein the ...
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... treat , shall not the pleasures of the understanding exceed the pleasures of the affections ? In all other pleasures there is a satiety , and after use their verdure fades ; which shows they are but deceits and fallacies , and that it ...
... treat , shall not the pleasures of the understanding exceed the pleasures of the affections ? In all other pleasures there is a satiety , and after use their verdure fades ; which shows they are but deceits and fallacies , and that it ...
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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...