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Page 57
... less an unskilled and shallow philosopher who seeks causes of that which is most general , than he who in things subordinate and subaltern omits to do so . XLIX . The human understanding is no dry light , but receives an infusion from ...
... less an unskilled and shallow philosopher who seeks causes of that which is most general , than he who in things subordinate and subaltern omits to do so . XLIX . The human understanding is no dry light , but receives an infusion from ...
Page 58
... 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 the truer kind of interpretation ...
... 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 the truer kind of interpretation ...
Page 63
... less difficult , and the human understanding may the more willingly submit to its purgation and dismiss its idols . LXII . Idols of the Theatre , or of Systems , are many , and there can be and perhaps will be yet many more . For were ...
... less difficult , and the human understanding may the more willingly submit to its purgation and dismiss its idols . LXII . Idols of the Theatre , or of Systems , are many , and there can be and perhaps will be yet many more . For were ...
Page 64
... less dimensions , that is , occupy greater or less spaces ) , by the frigid distinction of act and power ; asserting that single bodies have each a single and pro- per motion , and that if they participate in any other , then this ...
... less dimensions , that is , occupy greater or less spaces ) , by the frigid distinction of act and power ; asserting that single bodies have each a single and pro- per motion , and that if they participate in any other , then this ...
Page 65
... obnoxious to the influence 1 Ad multa pertinens . In the formation of such notions many things have been taken into account . J. S. VOL . IV . --- F of the imagination no less than to the influence of NOVUM ORGANUM . 65.
... obnoxious to the influence 1 Ad multa pertinens . In the formation of such notions many things have been taken into account . J. S. VOL . IV . --- F of the imagination no less than to the influence of NOVUM ORGANUM . 65.
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