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... . And while men agree to admire and magnify the false powers of the mind , and neglect or destroy those that might be rendered true , there is no other course left but ( 9 ) with better assistance to begin the work anew , and.
... . And while men agree to admire and magnify the false powers of the mind , and neglect or destroy those that might be rendered true , there is no other course left but ( 9 ) with better assistance to begin the work anew , and.
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... true inquirers ; while none of them duly conversed with experience and things themselves . Others again , who commit themselves to mechanical experience , yet make their experiments at random , without any method 14 THE GREAT INSTAURATION.
... true inquirers ; while none of them duly conversed with experience and things themselves . Others again , who commit themselves to mechanical experience , yet make their experiments at random , without any method 14 THE GREAT INSTAURATION.
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... true and genuine humiliation of mind . Those who before us applied themselves to the dis- covery of arts , having just glanced upon things , examples , and experiments ; immediately , as if invention was but a kind of contemplation ...
... true and genuine humiliation of mind . Those who before us applied themselves to the dis- covery of arts , having just glanced upon things , examples , and experiments ; immediately , as if invention was but a kind of contemplation ...
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... philosophical inquiries . 774 In the next place , we advise all mankind to think of the true ends of knowledge , and that they endeavor not after 4 Prov . xxv . 2 . it for curiosity , contention , or the sake of 18 THE GREAT INSTAURATION.
... philosophical inquiries . 774 In the next place , we advise all mankind to think of the true ends of knowledge , and that they endeavor not after 4 Prov . xxv . 2 . it for curiosity , contention , or the sake of 18 THE GREAT INSTAURATION.
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... true helps of the intellectual faculties , so as to raise and enlarge the powers of the mind ; and , as far as the condition of human- ity allows , to fit it to conquer the difficulties and obscurities of nature . The thing we mean , is ...
... true helps of the intellectual faculties , so as to raise and enlarge the powers of the mind ; and , as far as the condition of human- ity allows , to fit it to conquer the difficulties and obscurities of nature . The thing we mean , is ...
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