The Advancement of LearningFrancis Bacon's The Advancement of Learning (1605) is considered the first major philosophical book written in English. In it, Bacon is concerned with scientific learning: the current state of knowledge, obstacles to its progress, and his own plans for revitalization of schools and universities. Here Bacon sets forth the first account of science as intended for "the relief of man's estate." |
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... considering, as delicately as he could, these and many similar questions. And consider them he did, in the array of writings on philosophy, science, politics, history, and morality that he bequeathed to the world he heralded.The ...
... consider that it was not the pure knowledge of nature and universality, a knowledge by the light whereof man did give names unto other creatures in Paradise,11 as they were brought before him, according unto their proprieties, which ...
... considering that the most barbarous, rude, and unlearned times have been most subject to tumults, seditions, and changes. 9. And as to the judgment of Cato the Censor, he was well punished for his blasphemy against Learning, in the same ...
... considering the great commandment of wits and means, whereby nothing needeth to be hidden from them. 12. Neither did the dispensation of God vary in the times after our Saviour came into the world; for our Saviour Himself did first show ...
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