 ... shooting for the lungs and breast; gentle walking for the stomach; riding for the head; and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again:...  Bacon's Essays - Page 74by Francis Bacon - 1881Full view - About this book
 | John Doyle (bookseller, New York.) - Booksellers' catalogs - 1848 - 248 pages
...Assurance, ao& tDork0 on Hare, €nrton0, anir QDut of llje tUati Subjects. " If »man's wits be wandering, let him study the Mathematics; for in demonstrations if his wit be called away never to little, he must begin again." * Mathematics is a ballast for the soul, to fix it, not to stall it,... | |
 | John Doyle (bookseller, New York.) - Booksellers' catalogs - 1848 - 246 pages
...the «ral. to fix it, not to utall it, nor to jostle out other arts." " If a man's wits be wandering, let him study the Mathematics ; for in demonstrations if his wit be called away sever K little, he mnst begin again." , 2910 ABBOTT (John). Exposition of the Principles of the Hydraulic... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1848 - 594 pages
...gentle walking for the stomach, riding fo: the head, and the like; so, if a man's wit bi wandering, let him study the mathematics ; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away neve so little, he must begin again ; if his wit be no apt to distinguish or find differences, let... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1849 - 284 pages
...for the stomach ; riding for the head ; and the like. So, if a man's wit be wandering, let him study mathematics, for in demonstrations, if his wit be...sectores ; if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call up one thing to prove and illustrate another, let him study the lawyers' cases: so every defect... | |
 | John Locke - Intellect - 1849 - 372 pages
...gentle walking for the stomach.,, riding for the head, and the -like; so, if a man's wits be wandering, let him study the mathematics, for in demonstrations,...again ; if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differenceSj let him study the schoolmen, for they are " Cymini sectores ;" if he be not apt to beat... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pages
...gentle walking for the stomach; riding for the head ; and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics ; for in demonstrations,...sectores : if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call up one thing to prove and illustrate another, let him study the lawyers' cases : so every defect... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Biography - 1850 - 590 pages
...gentle walking for the stomach, riding for the head, and the like; so, if a man's wit be wandering, A beju)t apt to distinguisli or jind TTOference?, let him stud) the schoolmen, fof'thfj^re^^Cymini' Befitores... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1851 - 228 pages
...witbe not apt to distinguish or find difference, let him study the schoolmen, for they are " Cy mini sectores". If he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call upon one thing to prove and illustrate another, let him study the lawyers' cases; so every defect... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1852 - 580 pages
...gentle walking for the stomach, riding for the head, and the like ; so, if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics ; for in demonstrations,...differences, let him study the schoolmen, for they are 4 Cymini sectores ;' if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call upon one thing to prove and... | |
 | Jeremiah Joyce - Science - 1852 - 430 pages
...explanation. Work the second example. GEOMETRY. ON MATHEMATICS. " If a man's wits be wandering let him study mathematics : for in demonstrations, if his wit be...called away never so little, he must begin again." — JJacan. THE term mathematics is derived from a Greek word which primarily signifies any discipline... | |
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