The Works of Francis Bacon ...: Translations of the philosophical worksLongmans, 1858 - English literature |
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Page 27
... rules of demonstration . But the innate are inherent in the very nature of the intellect , which is far more prone to error than the sense is . For let men please themselves as they will in admiring and almost adoring the human mind ...
... rules of demonstration . But the innate are inherent in the very nature of the intellect , which is far more prone to error than the sense is . For let men please themselves as they will in admiring and almost adoring the human mind ...
Page 31
... rules by way of illustration ( for of these I have given plenty in the second part of the work ) ; but I mean actual types and models , by which the entire process of the mind and the whole fabric and order of invention from the ...
... rules by way of illustration ( for of these I have given plenty in the second part of the work ) ; but I mean actual types and models , by which the entire process of the mind and the whole fabric and order of invention from the ...
Page 39
... entirely to the force of their understanding , applied no rule , but made everything turn upon hard thinking and perpetual working and exercise of the mind . -- Now my method , though hard to practise , is D 4 39 PREFACE.
... entirely to the force of their understanding , applied no rule , but made everything turn upon hard thinking and perpetual working and exercise of the mind . -- Now my method , though hard to practise , is D 4 39 PREFACE.
Page 40
... lastly , not content with this , they resolved to call in aid the art of athletics , and required all their men to come with hands , arms , and sinews well anointed and medicated according to the rules 40 TRANSLATION OF THE.
... lastly , not content with this , they resolved to call in aid the art of athletics , and required all their men to come with hands , arms , and sinews well anointed and medicated according to the rules 40 TRANSLATION OF THE.
Page 41
... rules of art , would he not cry out that they were only taking pains to show a kind of method and discretion in their madness ? Yet just so it is that men proceed in matters intellectual , - with just the same kind of mad effort and ...
... rules of art , would he not cry out that they were only taking pains to show a kind of method and discretion in their madness ? Yet just so it is that men proceed in matters intellectual , - with just the same kind of mad effort and ...
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