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Page vii
... on opposite sides ; and then you are in the condition of a judge who has to
decide some cause after having heard all the pleadings . I have accordingly
appended to most of the Essays some of Bacon ' s Antitheta ' on the same
subjects .
... on opposite sides ; and then you are in the condition of a judge who has to
decide some cause after having heard all the pleadings . I have accordingly
appended to most of the Essays some of Bacon ' s Antitheta ' on the same
subjects .
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Men fancy that an idea must have been always obvious to every one , when they
find it so plainly presented to the mind that every one can easily take it in . An
explanation that is perfectly clear , satisfactory , and simple , often causes the ...
Men fancy that an idea must have been always obvious to every one , when they
find it so plainly presented to the mind that every one can easily take it in . An
explanation that is perfectly clear , satisfactory , and simple , often causes the ...
Page xvi
And thus the cause has again to be pleaded , before judges , some of whom are
prejudiced , and others will not readily attend to reasoning founded on premises
which they think unsusceptible of proof . ' To treat fully of the design and ...
And thus the cause has again to be pleaded , before judges , some of whom are
prejudiced , and others will not readily attend to reasoning founded on premises
which they think unsusceptible of proof . ' To treat fully of the design and ...
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Though conscious , perhaps , of his own power to dress up speciously a bad
cause , or an extravagant and fanciful theory , he is conscious also of a
corresponding power to distinguish sound reasoning from sophistry . But this will
not avail to ...
Though conscious , perhaps , of his own power to dress up speciously a bad
cause , or an extravagant and fanciful theory , he is conscious also of a
corresponding power to distinguish sound reasoning from sophistry . But this will
not avail to ...
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He who believes that sophistry will always in the end prove injurious to the cause
supported by it , is probably right in that belief ; but if it be for that reason that he
abstains from it , if he avoid fallacy , wholly or partly , through fear of detection , it
...
He who believes that sophistry will always in the end prove injurious to the cause
supported by it , is probably right in that belief ; but if it be for that reason that he
abstains from it , if he avoid fallacy , wholly or partly , through fear of detection , it
...
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Page 485 - STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots, and marshalling of affairs come best from those that are learned.
Page 3 - Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.
Page 181 - It were better to have no opinion of God at all, than such an Opinion as is unworthy of him : for the one is unbelief, the other is contumely : and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity. Plutarch saith well to that purpose :
Page 566 - Judges ought to be more learned than witty ; more reverend than plausible ; and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue.
Page 486 - Bowling is good for the stone and reins ; shooting for the lungs and breast ; gentle walking for the stomach ; riding for the head ; and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics ; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again.
Page 359 - Discretion of speech is more than eloquence ; and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal, is more than to speak in good words or in good order.
Page 70 - Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.
Page 73 - Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me: come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.
Page 1 - One of the later school of the Grecians examineth the matter, and is at a stand to think what should be in it, that men should love lies, where neither they make for pleasure, as with poets, nor for advantage, as with the merchant; but for the lie's sake.
Page 114 - Men in great place are thrice servants : servants of the sovereign or state ; servants of fame; and servants of business : so as they have no freedom, neither in their persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times. It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.
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| Title | Bacon's essays, with annotations by R. Whately |
| Author | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) |
| Editor | Richard Whately (abp. of Dublin) |
| Edition | 6 |
| Published | 1864 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 2 Aug 2006 |
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