The Works of Francis Bacon ...: Translations of the philosophical worksLongmans, 1858 - English literature |
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... example of the first class was Aris- totle , who corrupted natural philosophy by his logic : fashion- ing the world out of categories ; assigning to the human soul , the noblest of substances , a genus from words of the second intention ...
... example of the first class was Aris- totle , who corrupted natural philosophy by his logic : fashion- ing the world out of categories ; assigning to the human soul , the noblest of substances , a genus from words of the second intention ...
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... example in Pythagoras , though he united with it a coarser and more cumbrous superstition ; another in Plato and his school , more dangerous and subtle . It shows itself likewise in parts of other philosophies , in the introduction of ...
... example in Pythagoras , though he united with it a coarser and more cumbrous superstition ; another in Plato and his school , more dangerous and subtle . It shows itself likewise in parts of other philosophies , in the introduction of ...
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... example that movements and changes in philosophy will end in assaults on religion . And others again appear apprehensive that in the investigation of nature something may be found to subvert or at least shake the au- thority of religion ...
... example that movements and changes in philosophy will end in assaults on religion . And others again appear apprehensive that in the investigation of nature something may be found to subvert or at least shake the au- thority of religion ...
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... example of what has been , and divine of the new with an imagination preoccupied and coloured by the old ; which way of forming opinions is very fallacious ; for streams that are drawn from the springheads of nature do not always run in ...
... example of what has been , and divine of the new with an imagination preoccupied and coloured by the old ; which way of forming opinions is very fallacious ; for streams that are drawn from the springheads of nature do not always run in ...
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... example . And this I say not by way of boasting , but because it is useful to say it . If there be any that despond , let them look at me , that being of all men of my time the most busied in affairs of state , and a man of health not ...
... example . And this I say not by way of boasting , but because it is useful to say it . If there be any that despond , let them look at me , that being of all men of my time the most busied in affairs of state , and a man of health not ...
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