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... career as a lawyer , politician , courtier and man of letters , and consequently pass at once to his place in science and philosophy . Of his many scientific ́ ( 5 ) and philosophical treatises it is generally conceded that " The.
... career as a lawyer , politician , courtier and man of letters , and consequently pass at once to his place in science and philosophy . Of his many scientific ́ ( 5 ) and philosophical treatises it is generally conceded that " The.
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... politicians , or ( 3 ) the errors of men of letters . Some divines pretend , 1. " That knowledge is to be re- ceived with great limitation , as the aspiring to it was the original sin , and the cause of the fall ; 2. That it has some ...
... politicians , or ( 3 ) the errors of men of letters . Some divines pretend , 1. " That knowledge is to be re- ceived with great limitation , as the aspiring to it was the original sin , and the cause of the fall ; 2. That it has some ...
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... reason and philosophy with faith and religion ; and the latter for keeping them distinct , as things incompatible , or making reason The reflections cast upon learning by politicians , are these 42 ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING.
... reason and philosophy with faith and religion ; and the latter for keeping them distinct , as things incompatible , or making reason The reflections cast upon learning by politicians , are these 42 ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING.
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Francis Bacon Joseph Devey. The reflections cast upon learning by politicians , are these . 1. " That it enervates men's minds , and unfits them for arms ; 2. That it perverts their dispositions for govern- ment and politics ; 3. That it ...
Francis Bacon Joseph Devey. The reflections cast upon learning by politicians , are these . 1. " That it enervates men's minds , and unfits them for arms ; 2. That it perverts their dispositions for govern- ment and politics ; 3. That it ...
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... politicians to discredit learned men , by the name of pedants , yet it appears from history , that the governments of princes in minority have excelled the governments of princes in ma- turity , merely because the management was in ...
... politicians to discredit learned men , by the name of pedants , yet it appears from history , that the governments of princes in minority have excelled the governments of princes in ma- turity , merely because the management was in ...
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