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Page 7
... better condition than that in which it now is . Now that the errors which have hitherto prevailed , and which will pre- vail for ever , should ( if the mind be left to go its own way ) , either by the natural force of the understanding ...
... better condition than that in which it now is . Now that the errors which have hitherto prevailed , and which will pre- vail for ever , should ( if the mind be left to go its own way ) , either by the natural force of the understanding ...
Page 8
... better plan , and to com- mence a total reconstruction of sciences , arts , and all human knowledge , raised upon the proper foundations . And this , though in the project and undertaking it may seem a thing infinite and beyond the ...
... better plan , and to com- mence a total reconstruction of sciences , arts , and all human knowledge , raised upon the proper foundations . And this , though in the project and undertaking it may seem a thing infinite and beyond the ...
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... better , all that remains is to embellish and cultivate those things which have been invented already . Would it were so ! But the truth is that this appropriating of the sciences has its origin in nothing better than the confidence of ...
... better , all that remains is to embellish and cultivate those things which have been invented already . Would it were so ! But the truth is that this appropriating of the sciences has its origin in nothing better than the confidence of ...
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... better listened to ; for " He that is ignorant ( says the proverb ) re- ceives not the words of knowledge , unless thou first tell him that which is in his own heart . " We will therefore make a coasting voyage along the shores of the ...
... better listened to ; for " He that is ignorant ( says the proverb ) re- ceives not the words of knowledge , unless thou first tell him that which is in his own heart . " We will therefore make a coasting voyage along the shores of the ...
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... better than wishes ; when they are in fact things which men may certainly command if they will , and of which I have formed in my own mind a clear and detailed conception . For I do not propose merely to survey these regions in my mind ...
... better than wishes ; when they are in fact things which men may certainly command if they will , and of which I have formed in my own mind a clear and detailed conception . For I do not propose merely to survey these regions in my mind ...
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