The Works of Francis Bacon: Translations of the philosophical worksLongmans, 1889 |
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... nature of good , the other prescribing rules how to accommodate the will of man thereunto . The doctrine touching the platform or nature of good , con- siders good either Simple or Comparative : either the kinds of good , or the degrees ...
... nature of good , the other prescribing rules how to accommodate the will of man thereunto . The doctrine touching the platform or nature of good , con- siders good either Simple or Comparative : either the kinds of good , or the degrees ...
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... nature than it is really capable of ( for we see in what height of style Seneca writes , " It is true greatness to have the frailty of a man and the security of a god1 " ) , we may with more sobriety and truth receive the rest of what ...
... nature than it is really capable of ( for we see in what height of style Seneca writes , " It is true greatness to have the frailty of a man and the security of a god1 " ) , we may with more sobriety and truth receive the rest of what ...
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... nature is mostly the agent , the earthly nature the patient ; in the pleasures of living creatures , that of generation is greater than that of food ; in divine doctrine , " It is more blessed to give than to receive , " and in common ...
... nature is mostly the agent , the earthly nature the patient ; in the pleasures of living creatures , that of generation is greater than that of food ; in divine doctrine , " It is more blessed to give than to receive , " and in common ...
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... nature is the greater . For in all things there are some nobler natures to the dignity and excellence whereof inferior natures aspire as to their sources and origins . So it was not unfitly said of men " that they have a fiery vigour ...
... nature is the greater . For in all things there are some nobler natures to the dignity and excellence whereof inferior natures aspire as to their sources and origins . So it was not unfitly said of men " that they have a fiery vigour ...
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... nature obtain nothing else but an eminence and exaltation of place . The good of conservation consists in the reception and fruition of that which is agreeable to our natures ; which , though it seems to be the most pure and natural of ...
... nature obtain nothing else but an eminence and exaltation of place . The good of conservation consists in the reception and fruition of that which is agreeable to our natures ; which , though it seems to be the most pure and natural of ...
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