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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... sort say, that Knowledge is of those things which are to be accepted of with great limitation and caution; that the as- piring to overmuch knowledge was the original temptation and sin whereupon ensued the fall of man; that Knowledge ...
... sort better with ancient examples than with those of the later or immediate times; and lastly, the wit of one man can no more countervail learning than one man's means can hold way with a common purse. 4. And as for those particular ...
... sort of discredit or diminution of credit that groweth unto Learning from learned men themselves, which commonly cleaveth fastest: it is either from their fortune, or from their manners, or from the nature of their studies. For the ...
... sort revived of late times by the colleges of the Jesuits; of whom, although in regard of their superstition I may say,Quo meliores, eo deteriores; yet in regard of this, and some other points concerning human learning and moral matters ...
... sort of mere Politiques, that have not their thoughts established by learning in the love and apprehension of duty, nor never look abroad into universality, do refer all things to themselves, and thrust themselves into the centre of the ...