The Advancement of LearningPaul Dry Books, 1. mars 2001 - 263 sider Francis Bacon's The Advancement of Learning (1605) is considered the first major philosophical book written in English. In it, Bacon is concerned with scientific learning: the current state of knowledge, obstacles to its progress, and his own plans for revitalization of schools and universities. Here Bacon sets forth the first account of science as intended for "the relief of man's estate." |
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... sometimes in the zeal and jealousy of Divines ; sometimes in the severity and arrogancy of Politiques ; and sometimes in the errors and imperfections of learned men themselves . 2. I hear the former sort say , that Knowledge is of those ...
... sometimes that the grandchild , or other descendant , re- sembleth the ancestor more than the son ; so many times occurrences of present times may sort better with ancient examples than with those of the later or immediate times ; and ...
... sometime it come from vice;38 so it may be fitly said that Paupertas est virtutis fortuna,though some- time it may proceed from misgovernment and accident. Surely Salo- mon hath pronounced it both in censure, Qui festinat ad divitias ...
... sometimes too far to bring things to perfection , and to reduce the corruption of manners to honesty of precepts , or examples of too great height . And yet hereof they have caveats enough in their own walks . For Solon , when he was ...
... sometimes not good for me to give , but are always good for you to follow.52 And so Seneca , after he had consecrated that Quinquennium Neronis53 to the eternal glory of learned governors , held on his honest and loyal course of good ...