 To sum up the whole, we should say that the aim of the Platonic philosophy was to exalt man into a god. The aim of the Baconian philosophy was to provide man with what he requires while he continues to be man. The aim of the Platonic philosophy wa.s to...  Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays - الصفحة 465بواسطة Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1897عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
 | Percy Hazen Houston - 1926 - عدد الصفحات: 548
...what he requires while he continues to 'be man. The aim of the Platonic philosophy was to raise us far above vulgar wants. The aim of the Baconian philosophy...track of dazzling radiance, but it struck nothing. Bacon fixed his eye on a mark which was placed on the earth, and within bow-shot, and hit it in the... | |
 | Frank M. Turner - 1984 - عدد الصفحات: 496
...what he requires while he continues to be man. The aim of the Platonic philosophy was to raise us far above vulgar wants. The aim of the Baconian philosophy was to supply our vulgar wants. . . . Plato drew a good bow; but, like Acestes in Virgil, he aimed at the stars; and therefore, though... | |
 | Eugene Victor Walter - 1988 - عدد الصفحات: 276
...ended in mechanical progress. Macaulay wrote: The aim of the Platonic philosophy was to raise us far above vulgar wants. The aim of the Baconian philosophy...latter was attainable. Plato drew a good bow; but ... he aimed at the stars; and therefore, though there was no want of strength or skill, the shot was... | |
 | Bret Wallach - 2005 - عدد الصفحات: 420
...on Francis Bacon. In it he writes that "the aim of Platonic philosophy was to raise us far above our vulgar wants. The aim of the Baconian philosophy was...former aim was noble; but the latter was attainable. ..." Macauley pushes his point: "the wise man of the Stoics would, no doubt, be a grander object than... | |
 | Colin Heydt - 2006 - عدد الصفحات: 175
...what he requires while he continues to be man. The aim of the Platonic philosophy was to raise us far above vulgar wants. The aim of the Baconian philosophy...former aim was noble; but the latter was attainable . . . The philosophy of Plato began in words and ended in words, noble words indeed, words such as... | |
 | Philip Abbott - 2007 - عدد الصفحات: 198
...what he requires while he continues to be man. The aim of the Platonic philosophy was to raise us far above vulgar wants. The aim of the Baconian philosophy...wants. The former aim was noble; but the latter was attainable.3 So, if the aim of the new city or state was to supply our vulgar wants, or, as James Madison... | |
 | Brian J. Coman - 2007 - عدد الصفحات: 188
...aim was to make imperfect men comfortable... The aim of the Platonic philosophy was to raise us far above vulgar wants. The aim of the Baconian philosophy was to supply our vulgar wants. Nor is Macaulay's a lone voice. Shortly after Bacon's time, Abraham Cowley expressed similar thoughts... | |
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