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... given in par- ticular instances . In the Introduction I have allowed a variety of author- ities upon Bacon to express their views upon some of the important aspects of his achievement . There will always be debate about his character ...
... given in par- ticular instances . In the Introduction I have allowed a variety of author- ities upon Bacon to express their views upon some of the important aspects of his achievement . There will always be debate about his character ...
Page xviii
... given to any light conceits , or descanting upon words , but did ever purposely and industriously avoid them ; for he held such things to be but digressions or diversions from the scope intended , and to derogate from the weight and ...
... given to any light conceits , or descanting upon words , but did ever purposely and industriously avoid them ; for he held such things to be but digressions or diversions from the scope intended , and to derogate from the weight and ...
Page xxiii
... given to the finer and lighter sort of meats , as of fowls , and such like ; but afterward , when he grew more judicious , he preferred the stronger meats , such as the shambles afforded , as those meats which bred the more firm and ...
... given to the finer and lighter sort of meats , as of fowls , and such like ; but afterward , when he grew more judicious , he preferred the stronger meats , such as the shambles afforded , as those meats which bred the more firm and ...
Page xxxiii
... given to his imagination , are speedily drawn up . His wildest conceptions are all subjected to the rigid test of experiment , and he has thus been hurried by the excursions of his own fancy into new and fertile paths , far removed from ...
... given to his imagination , are speedily drawn up . His wildest conceptions are all subjected to the rigid test of experiment , and he has thus been hurried by the excursions of his own fancy into new and fertile paths , far removed from ...
Page xxxv
... given to mankind over nature by the New Philosophy . Over these fresh provinces of learning , since Aristotle had not discovered . them , Aristotle could claim no dominion . In this revo- lution the principal part was played by a class ...
... given to mankind over nature by the New Philosophy . Over these fresh provinces of learning , since Aristotle had not discovered . them , Aristotle could claim no dominion . In this revo- lution the principal part was played by a class ...
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Page 124 - If a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world, during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession- of Commodus.
Page 42 - ... a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect; or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention; or a shop for profit or sale; and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Page 85 - It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion: for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no farther; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity.
Page 42 - For men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation; and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction; and most times for lucre and profession; and seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of men...
Page 31 - For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby ; but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit.
Page 139 - Goodness I call the habit, and goodness of nature the inclination. This of all virtues and dignities of the mind is the greatest, being the character of the Deity : and without it man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing, no better than a kind of vermin.
Page 9 - To conclude therefore, let no man, upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill-applied moderation, think or maintain that a man can search too far or be too well studied in the book of God's word or in the book of God's works ; divinity or philosophy; but rather let men endeavour an endless progress or proficience in both...
Page 72 - But the images of men's wits and knowledges remain in books, exempted from the wrong of time and capable of perpetual renovation. Neither are they fitly to be called images, because they generate still, and cast their seeds in the minds of others, provoking and causing infinite actions and opinions in succeeding ages.
Page xii - Whilst he was commorant in the University, about sixteen years of age (as his lordship hath been pleased to impart unto myself), he first fell into the dislike of the philosophy of Aristotle ; not for the worthlessness of the author, to whom he would ever ascribe all high attributes, but for the unfruitfulness of the way; being a philosophy (as his lordship used to say) only strong for disputations and contentions, but barren of the production of works for the benefit of the life of man ; in which...
Page 84 - Heraclitus saith well, in one of his enigmas, "Dry light is ever the best ; " and certain it is, that 'the light that a man receiveth by counsel from another, is drier and purer than that which cometh from his own understanding and judgment, which is ever infused and drenched in his affections and customs. So as there is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between...