Physical and Metaphysical Works: Including the Advancement of Learning and Novum OrganumBell & Daldy, 1868 - 567 pages |
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... action . Whence the common order of demon- strating is absolutely inverted ; for instead of flying imme- diately from the senses , and particulars , to generals , as to certain fixed poles , about which disputes always turn , and ...
... action . Whence the common order of demon- strating is absolutely inverted ; for instead of flying imme- diately from the senses , and particulars , to generals , as to certain fixed poles , about which disputes always turn , and ...
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... action and business , and leads to a love of re- tirement ; 5. That it introduces a relaxation in government , as every man is more ready to argue than obey ; whence Cato the censor - when Carneades came ambassador to Rome , and the ...
... action and business , and leads to a love of re- tirement ; 5. That it introduces a relaxation in government , as every man is more ready to argue than obey ; whence Cato the censor - when Carneades came ambassador to Rome , and the ...
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... action according to nature , and agreeable to the health of the mind , as exercise is to that of the body : so that , of all men , they are the most indefatigable in such business as may deservedly fill and ́employ the mind . And if ...
... action according to nature , and agreeable to the health of the mind , as exercise is to that of the body : so that , of all men , they are the most indefatigable in such business as may deservedly fill and ́employ the mind . And if ...
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... they do not take the prime mover into account , or supply us , in case of denying him , with the equivalent of his action . Ed . as these arts were a kind of elder and favourite E 2 BOOK I. ] HUMAN INTELLECT OVERRATED , 51.
... they do not take the prime mover into account , or supply us , in case of denying him , with the equivalent of his action . Ed . as these arts were a kind of elder and favourite E 2 BOOK I. ] HUMAN INTELLECT OVERRATED , 51.
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... action so frequently mentioned by the ancients ; the one plain and easy at first , but in the end impassable ; the other rough and fatiguing in the entrance , but soon after fair and even : so in contemplation , if we begin with ...
... action so frequently mentioned by the ancients ; the one plain and easy at first , but in the end impassable ; the other rough and fatiguing in the entrance , but soon after fair and even : so in contemplation , if we begin with ...
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