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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... things — human beings , trees , mountains , lions , water , etc. — all held together in a coherent and ranked order . Such an order is “ teleological , ” which means that every thing has its specific purpose and thus its own special ...
... things , it ignores what really occurs in nature : the many and complex material motions that cause what happens around us , but that most often we cannot see by our unaided eyes and minds . To say that eyelashes are for sight is merely ...
... things — a faithful text , full verification of quotations , and brevity and simplicity of notes . As to the first of these matters , there was but little difficulty . The varia- tions in the text are very few , and very unimportant ...
... things beautiful , or decent , in the true return of their seasons : Also he hath placed the world in man's heart , yet cannot man find out the work which God worketh from the beginning to the end : 13 declaring not obscurely , that God ...
... things ; for these limitations are three : the first , That we do not so place our felicity in knowledge , as we forget our mortality : the second , That we make application of our knowledge , to give ourselves repose and contentment ...