The Works of Francis Bacon: De augmentis scientiaurumM. Jones, 1815 |
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الصفحة i
... sciences , in the order of nature ; so as to shew how these are formed from the general mass ; and how they may be improved . Whence he is often obliged to depart from the received divisions of the sciences ; though without absolutely ...
... sciences , in the order of nature ; so as to shew how these are formed from the general mass ; and how they may be improved . Whence he is often obliged to depart from the received divisions of the sciences ; though without absolutely ...
الصفحة ii
... science , he would perhaps have followed the divisions that are better accommodated to use and practice . His second reason for altering the received divisions is , that as he every where sets down the desiderata in the sciences ; and ...
... science , he would perhaps have followed the divisions that are better accommodated to use and practice . His second reason for altering the received divisions is , that as he every where sets down the desiderata in the sciences ; and ...
الصفحة iii
... science ; the author hopes , on the con- trary , that chiefly the persons , best skilled in the several arts and sciences he endeavours to improve , will here find the most exercise for their judgments ; and those not so well versed ...
... science ; the author hopes , on the con- trary , that chiefly the persons , best skilled in the several arts and sciences he endeavours to improve , will here find the most exercise for their judgments ; and those not so well versed ...
الصفحة v
... sciences no longer remain those imperfect things they are . We must particularly remember , that the examples of works , here left us by the author , are but examples , that shew the way of improving the sciences ; and should , by no ...
... sciences no longer remain those imperfect things they are . We must particularly remember , that the examples of works , here left us by the author , are but examples , that shew the way of improving the sciences ; and should , by no ...
الصفحة vi
... sciences ; that strongly endeavours to enlarge the present stock of human knowledge ; and raise it to the highest pitch whereof it is capable . What a pitch that is , must not be judged of from the mere natural abilities of men ; but as ...
... sciences ; that strongly endeavours to enlarge the present stock of human knowledge ; and raise it to the highest pitch whereof it is capable . What a pitch that is , must not be judged of from the mere natural abilities of men ; but as ...
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الصفحة 168 - formed man of the dust of the earth and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and man became a living soul.
الصفحة xlvii - Here therefore [is] the first distemper of learning, when men study words and not matter : whereof though I have represented an example of late times, yet it hath been and will be secundum majus et minus in all time.
الصفحة xxxiv - To conclude therefore, let no man, upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill-applied moderation, think or maintain that a man can search too far or be too well studied in the book of God's word or in the book of God's works, divinity or philosophy, but rather let men endeavour an endless progress or proficience in both...
الصفحة xlvii - It seems to me that Pygmalion's frenzy is a good emblem or portraiture of this vanity: for words are but the images of matter; and except they have life of reason and invention, to fall in love with them is all one as to fall in love with a picture.
الصفحة lix - But this is that which will indeed dignify and exalt knowledge, if contemplation and action may be more nearly and straitly conjoined and united together than they have been; a conjunction like unto that of the two highest planets, Saturn, the planet of rest and contemplation, and Jupiter, the planet of civil society and action...
الصفحة 36 - serve not only for ornament and delight, but also for active and civil use ; as being the edge tools of speech which cut and penetrate the knots of business and affairs.
الصفحة 39 - And as real history gives us not the success of things according to the deserts of vice and virtue, Fiction corrects it, and presents us with the fates and fortunes of persons rewarded or punished according to merit. And as real history disgusts us with a familiar and constant similitude of things, Fiction relieves us by unexpected turns and changes, and thus not only delights, but inculcates morality and nobleness of soul. It raises the mind by accommodating the images of things to our desires,...
الصفحة lvi - Another error, of a diverse nature from all the former, is the over-early and peremptory reduction of knowledge into arts and methods; from which time commonly sciences receive small or no augmentation.
الصفحة lx - But as both heaven and earth do conspire and contribute to the use and benefit of man; so the end ought to be, from both philosophies to separate and reject vain speculations, and whatsoever is empty and void, and to preserve and augment whatsoever is solid and fruitful...
الصفحة 6 - ... neglect of examination, the countenance of antiquity, and the use made of them in discourse, they are scarce ever retracted. The design of such a work, of which we have a precedent in Aristotle, is not to content curious and vain minds, but — 1.