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... judge of good and evil , which makes men revolt from God , and obey no laws but those of their own will . But for the sciences , which contemplate nature , the sacred philosopher declares , " It is the glory of God to conceal a thing ...
... judge of good and evil , which makes men revolt from God , and obey no laws but those of their own will . But for the sciences , which contemplate nature , the sacred philosopher declares , " It is the glory of God to conceal a thing ...
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... judge our performance , upon the foundations here laid down : for we reject all that knowledge which is too hastily abstracted from things , as vague , disorderly , and ill - formed ; and we cannot be expected to abide by a judgment ...
... judge our performance , upon the foundations here laid down : for we reject all that knowledge which is too hastily abstracted from things , as vague , disorderly , and ill - formed ; and we cannot be expected to abide by a judgment ...
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... judge , that a real logic should enter every province of the sciences with a greater authority than their own principles can give ; and that such supposed principles should be examined , till they become absolutely clear and certain ...
... judge , that a real logic should enter every province of the sciences with a greater authority than their own principles can give ; and that such supposed principles should be examined , till they become absolutely clear and certain ...
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Francis Bacon Joseph Devey. tions of the senses , but desire the senses to judge only of experiments , and experiments to judge of things : on which foundation , we hope to be patrons of the senses , and inter- preters of their oracles ...
Francis Bacon Joseph Devey. tions of the senses , but desire the senses to judge only of experiments , and experiments to judge of things : on which foundation , we hope to be patrons of the senses , and inter- preters of their oracles ...
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... judge of them in greater matters by what they find them in small . " But this consequence often deceives ; for we may here justly apply the saying of Themistocles , who being asked to touch a lute , replied , " He could not fiddle , but ...
... judge of them in greater matters by what they find them in small . " But this consequence often deceives ; for we may here justly apply the saying of Themistocles , who being asked to touch a lute , replied , " He could not fiddle , but ...
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