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Page 69
... knowledge of Eros , though it is assuredly attainable , can yet only be at- tained by exclusions and negatives ; that is , to express the same opinion in the language of the Novum Organum , the knowledge of Forms necessarily depends on ...
... knowledge of Eros , though it is assuredly attainable , can yet only be at- tained by exclusions and negatives ; that is , to express the same opinion in the language of the Novum Organum , the knowledge of Forms necessarily depends on ...
Page 140
... knowledge of the languages , books , affairs , of those that lie such a distance from them , it was a thing we could not tell what to make of ; for that it seemed to us a condition and propriety of divine powers and beings , to be ...
... knowledge of the languages , books , affairs , of those that lie such a distance from them , it was a thing we could not tell what to make of ; for that it seemed to us a condition and propriety of divine powers and beings , to be ...
Page 146
... knowledge of the affairs and state of those countries to which they were designed , and especially of the sciences , arts , manufactures , and inventions of all the world ; and withal to bring unto us books , instruments , and patterns ...
... knowledge of the affairs and state of those countries to which they were designed , and especially of the sciences , arts , manufactures , and inventions of all the world ; and withal to bring unto us books , instruments , and patterns ...
Page 181
... Knowledge : the same argument which is handled in the first chapter of Vale- rius Terminus , and the opening of the Advancement of Learning . ( The beginning wanting . ) 2. ( Cog . 4. ) Of the Use of Knowledge . The fable of Metis . 3 ...
... Knowledge : the same argument which is handled in the first chapter of Vale- rius Terminus , and the opening of the Advancement of Learning . ( The beginning wanting . ) 2. ( Cog . 4. ) Of the Use of Knowledge . The fable of Metis . 3 ...
Page 206
... knowledge ; " with a running title , " Of the Interpretation of Nature . " 3. " The chapter immediately following ... knowledge . " 7. " Of the impediments of knowledge ; being the 206 NOTE TO PREFACE TO.
... knowledge ; " with a running title , " Of the Interpretation of Nature . " 3. " The chapter immediately following ... knowledge . " 7. " Of the impediments of knowledge ; being the 206 NOTE TO PREFACE TO.
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adeo Advancement of Learning ancient aquæ Aristotle atque Augmentis Augustus Cæsar autem Bacon body Cæsar calore causes certe chapter Cicero conceit deficient Democritus Demosthenes divers divine doctrine doth ejus enim eorum error etiam excellent fere fluxus fortune hæc hath homines hominum honour hujusmodi illa illis illud inquiry instar inter invention ipsa ipsis ista Itaque kind knowledge labour licet likewise magis maketh man's materiæ matter mind modo modum motus naturæ natural philosophy naturali Neque nisi nobis Novum Organum observation omitted omnia opinion original particular passage Plato possit prorsus quæ quædam qualia quam quibus quis quod reason rebus rerum saith sciences scientia Scriptures seemeth shew sibi sint sive speech sunt Tacitus tamen tanquam tantum Telesius terræ things tion translation true truth unto veluti vero Verum videtur virtue wherein whereof wisdom words
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Page 295 - Faithful are the wounds of a friend ; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Page 481 - Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me : and again a little while and ye shall see me ; and, Because I go to the Father ? They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while ? we cannot tell what he saith.
Page 286 - 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 298 - Surely there is a vein for the silver, And a place for gold where they fine it. Iron is taken out of the earth, And brass is molten out of the stone.
Page 147 - But thus you see we maintain a trade, not for gold, silver, or jewels, nor for silks, nor for spices, nor any other commodity of matter, but only for God's first creature, which was light; to have light, I say, of the growth of all parts of the world.
Page 165 - Then after divers meetings and consults of our whole number, to consider of the former labours and collections, we have three that take care, out of them, to direct new experiments, of a higher light, more penetrating into nature than the former.
Page 329 - The parts of human learning have reference to the three parts of Man's Understanding, which is the seat of learning : History to his Memory, Poesy to his Imagination/ and Philosophy to his Reason.