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Page 58
... common air , and of all bodies less dense than air ( which are very many ) , is almost unknown . For the sense by itself is a thing infirm and erring ; neither can instru- ments for enlarging or sharpening the senses do much ; but all ...
... common air , and of all bodies less dense than air ( which are very many ) , is almost unknown . For the sense by itself is a thing infirm and erring ; neither can instru- ments for enlarging or sharpening the senses do much ; but all ...
Page 62
... common and ordinary liquids , without any due verification . There are however in words certain degrees of distortion and error . One of the least faulty kinds is that of names of sub- stances , especially of lowest species and well ...
... common and ordinary liquids , without any due verification . There are however in words certain degrees of distortion and error . One of the least faulty kinds is that of names of sub- stances , especially of lowest species and well ...
Page 63
... on the authority of too few cases . For the Rational School of philosophers snatches from experience a variety of common instances , neither duly ascertained nor diligently examined and weighed , and leaves all the rest NOVUM ORGANUM . 63.
... on the authority of too few cases . For the Rational School of philosophers snatches from experience a variety of common instances , neither duly ascertained nor diligently examined and weighed , and leaves all the rest NOVUM ORGANUM . 63.
Page 65
... common notions , ( which though it be a faint and superfi- cial light , is yet in a manner universal , and has reference to many things , ' ) but in the narrowness and darkness of a few experiments . To those therefore who are daily ...
... common notions , ( which though it be a faint and superfi- cial light , is yet in a manner universal , and has reference to many things , ' ) but in the narrowness and darkness of a few experiments . To those therefore who are daily ...
Page 66
... common notions , or on a few experiments , or on superstition . It remains to speak of the faulty subject - matter of contemplations , especially in natural philosophy . Now the human understanding is infected by the sight of what takes ...
... common notions , or on a few experiments , or on superstition . It remains to speak of the faulty subject - matter of contemplations , especially in natural philosophy . Now the human understanding is infected by the sight of what takes ...
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