The Works of Francis Bacon ...: Translations of the philosophical worksLongmans, 1858 - English literature |
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... logic does ) in many things , - in end and office , in mass and composition , in subtlety , in selection also and setting forth , with a view to the operations which are to follow . For first , the object of the natural history which I ...
... logic does ) in many things , - in end and office , in mass and composition , in subtlety , in selection also and setting forth , with a view to the operations which are to follow . For first , the object of the natural history which I ...
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... Logic ; showing thereby that they were in search of helps for the understanding , and had no confidence in the native and sponta- neous process of the mind . But this remedy comes too late to do any good , when the mind is already ...
... Logic ; showing thereby that they were in search of helps for the understanding , and had no confidence in the native and sponta- neous process of the mind . But this remedy comes too late to do any good , when the mind is already ...
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... Logic ( which may be considered as a kind of athletic art ) to strengthen the sinews of the understanding ; and yet with all this study and endeavour it is apparent to any true judg- ment that they are but applying the naked intellect ...
... Logic ( which may be considered as a kind of athletic art ) to strengthen the sinews of the understanding ; and yet with all this study and endeavour it is apparent to any true judg- ment that they are but applying the naked intellect ...
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... logic which we now have help us in finding out new sciences . XII . The logic now in use serves rather to fix and give stability to the errors which have their foundation in commonly received 1 Literally , " are a thing insane . " The ...
... logic which we now have help us in finding out new sciences . XII . The logic now in use serves rather to fix and give stability to the errors which have their foundation in commonly received 1 Literally , " are a thing insane . " The ...
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... logical or physical . Substance , Quality , Action , Passion , Essence itself , are not sound notions : much less are Heavy , Light , Dense , Rare , Moist , Dry , Generation , Corruption , Attraction , Repul- sion , Element , Matter ...
... logical or physical . Substance , Quality , Action , Passion , Essence itself , are not sound notions : much less are Heavy , Light , Dense , Rare , Moist , Dry , Generation , Corruption , Attraction , Repul- sion , Element , Matter ...
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