Physical and Metaphysical Works: Including the Advancement of Learning and Novum OrganumBell, 1901 - 567 pages |
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... force of genius . But as navigation was imperfect before the use of the compass , so will many secrets of nature and art remain undiscovered , without a more perfect know- ledge of the understanding , its uses , and ways of working ...
... force of genius . But as navigation was imperfect before the use of the compass , so will many secrets of nature and art remain undiscovered , without a more perfect know- ledge of the understanding , its uses , and ways of working ...
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... force of genius , thoug argument , be substituted for this labour , search , an spection ; not even though all the wits of men were un this , therefore , must either be had , or the business be des for ever . But the conduct of mankind ...
... force of genius , thoug argument , be substituted for this labour , search , an spection ; not even though all the wits of men were un this , therefore , must either be had , or the business be des for ever . But the conduct of mankind ...
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... force of genius , the discoveries we shall thus make may serve as inns on the road , for the mind to repose in , during its progress to greater certainties . But this , without being at all disposed to abide by anything that is not ...
... force of genius , the discoveries we shall thus make may serve as inns on the road , for the mind to repose in , during its progress to greater certainties . But this , without being at all disposed to abide by anything that is not ...
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... force , it must be remembered , that learning affords more remedies than it breeds diseases ; for if , by a secret operation , it renders men perplexed and irresolute , on the other hand , by plain precept , it teaches when , and upon ...
... force , it must be remembered , that learning affords more remedies than it breeds diseases ; for if , by a secret operation , it renders men perplexed and irresolute , on the other hand , by plain precept , it teaches when , and upon ...
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... force of circumstances , the errors of comparisons , and the cautions of application ; so that in all cases , it rectifies more effectually than it perverts : and these remedies it conveys into the mind much more effectually by the force ...
... force of circumstances , the errors of comparisons , and the cautions of application ; so that in all cases , it rectifies more effectually than it perverts : and these remedies it conveys into the mind much more effectually by the force ...
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