Physical and Metaphysical Works: Including the Advancement of Learning and Novum OrganumBell, 1901 - 567 pages |
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... received arts above measure , they look out no farther or else despising themselves too much , they exercise the talents upon lighter matters , without attempting the capit things of all . And hence the sciences seem to 2 THE GREAT ...
... received arts above measure , they look out no farther or else despising themselves too much , they exercise the talents upon lighter matters , without attempting the capit things of all . And hence the sciences seem to 2 THE GREAT ...
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... received from the Greeks must be acknowledged puerile , or rather talkative than generative- as being fruitful in controversies , but barren of effects . The fable of Scylla seems a civil representation of the present condition of ...
... received from the Greeks must be acknowledged puerile , or rather talkative than generative- as being fruitful in controversies , but barren of effects . The fable of Scylla seems a civil representation of the present condition of ...
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... received by posterity , readily gratifying their curiosity , and indulging their in lence . But he that rests upon established consent as judgment approved by time , trusts to a very fallacious a weak foundation ; for we have but an ...
... received by posterity , readily gratifying their curiosity , and indulging their in lence . But he that rests upon established consent as judgment approved by time , trusts to a very fallacious a weak foundation ; for we have but an ...
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... received opinions , and go to the fountain- head , but think it enough to add somewhat of their own ; as prudentially considering , that at the time they show their modesty in assenting , they may have a liberty of adding . But whilst ...
... received opinions , and go to the fountain- head , but think it enough to add somewhat of their own ; as prudentially considering , that at the time they show their modesty in assenting , they may have a liberty of adding . But whilst ...
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... received , that we may t easier perfect the old , and lead on to new ; being equally i clined to cultivate the discoveries of antiquity , as to stri out fresh paths of science . In classing the sciences , we con prehend not only the ...
... received , that we may t easier perfect the old , and lead on to new ; being equally i clined to cultivate the discoveries of antiquity , as to stri out fresh paths of science . In classing the sciences , we con prehend not only the ...
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