The Works of Francis Bacon: Translations of the philosophical worksLongmans, 1877 - English literature |
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... aphorism of Hippocrates , " That they who are sick and feel no pain are sick in their mind ; " 1 they need medicine not only to assuage the disease , but to awake the sense . And if it be objected that the cure of men's minds belongs to ...
... aphorism of Hippocrates , " That they who are sick and feel no pain are sick in their mind ; " 1 they need medicine not only to assuage the disease , but to awake the sense . And if it be objected that the cure of men's minds belongs to ...
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... Aphorisms com- posed by Solomon the King , of whom the Scriptures testify , " that his heart was as the sands of the sea ; " 3 for as the sands of the sea encompass all the coasts of the earth , so did his wisdom em- brace all things ...
... Aphorisms com- posed by Solomon the King , of whom the Scriptures testify , " that his heart was as the sands of the sea ; " 3 for as the sands of the sea encompass all the coasts of the earth , so did his wisdom em- brace all things ...
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... Aphorisms : one Title of it . PREFACE . APHORISM 1 . IN Civil Society , either law or force prevails . But there is a kind of force which pretends law , and a kind of law which savours of force rather than equity . Whence there are ...
... Aphorisms : one Title of it . PREFACE . APHORISM 1 . IN Civil Society , either law or force prevails . But there is a kind of force which pretends law , and a kind of law which savours of force rather than equity . Whence there are ...
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... APHORISM 3 . Private right depends upon the protection of public right . For the law protects the people , and magistrates protect the laws ; but the authority of the magistrates depends on the sovereign power of the government , the ...
... APHORISM 3 . Private right depends upon the protection of public right . For the law protects the people , and magistrates protect the laws ; but the authority of the magistrates depends on the sovereign power of the government , the ...
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... APHORISM 8 . Certainty is so essential to law , that law cannot even be just without it . " For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound , who shall prepare himself to the battle ? " So if the law give an uncertain sound , who shall ...
... APHORISM 8 . Certainty is so essential to law , that law cannot even be just without it . " For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound , who shall prepare himself to the battle ? " So if the law give an uncertain sound , who shall ...
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