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Page 51
... most part of familiar occur- rence , they straightway touch the understanding and fill the imagination ; whereas interpretations on the other hand , being gathered here and there from very various and widely dis- E 2 NOVUM ORGANUM . 51.
... most part of familiar occur- rence , they straightway touch the understanding and fill the imagination ; whereas interpretations on the other hand , being gathered here and there from very various and widely dis- E 2 NOVUM ORGANUM . 51.
Page 57
... touching the infinite divisibility of lines , from the same inability of thought to stop . But this inability interferes more mischiev- ously in the discovery of causes ; for although the most general principles in nature ought to be ...
... touching the infinite divisibility of lines , from the same inability of thought to stop . But this inability interferes more mischiev- ously in the discovery of causes ; for although the most general principles in nature ought to be ...
Page 58
... touching the experiment only , and the experiment touching the point in nature and the thing itself . LI . The human understanding is of its own nature prone to abstractions and gives a substance and reality to things which are fleeting ...
... touching the experiment only , and the experiment touching the point in nature and the thing itself . LI . The human understanding is of its own nature prone to abstractions and gives a substance and reality to things which are fleeting ...
Page 63
... touching the external signs which show that they are unsound ; and finally something touching the causes of such great infelicity and of such lasting and general agreement in error ; that so the access to truth may be made less ...
... touching the external signs which show that they are unsound ; and finally something touching the causes of such great infelicity and of such lasting and general agreement in error ; that so the access to truth may be made less ...
Page 70
... touch upon , I will speak more largely , when , having performed these expiations and purgings of the mind , I come to set forth the true way for the interpretation of nature . LXX . But the best demonstration by far is experience , if ...
... touch upon , I will speak more largely , when , having performed these expiations and purgings of the mind , I come to set forth the true way for the interpretation of nature . LXX . But the best demonstration by far is experience , if ...
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