The Advancement of LearningRandom House Publishing Group, 1. aug. 2012 - 254 sider Francis Bacon, lawyer, statesman, and philosopher, remains one of the most effectual thinkers in European intellectual history. We can trace his influence from Kant in the 1700s to Darwin a century later. The Advancement of Learning, first published in 1605, contains an unprecedented and thorough systematization of the whole range of human knowledge. Bacon’s argument that the sciences should move away from divine philosophy and embrace empirical observation would forever change the way philosophers and natural scientists interpret their world. |
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Side x
... spirit of an age in their writings , or the spirit of a cause or a belief , or the spirit of their own dreams and their own desires , Bacon has com- pressed into his immortal pages nothing more nor less than the spirit of the world ...
... spirit of an age in their writings , or the spirit of a cause or a belief , or the spirit of their own dreams and their own desires , Bacon has com- pressed into his immortal pages nothing more nor less than the spirit of the world ...
Side xii
... spirit of speculation revived , and a de- sire manifestly shown to cut , rather than patiently to untie , the Gordian Knot . I would not claim , of course , that all science , or even science in general , appears in print as good ...
... spirit of speculation revived , and a de- sire manifestly shown to cut , rather than patiently to untie , the Gordian Knot . I would not claim , of course , that all science , or even science in general , appears in print as good ...
Side 7
... spirit of man is as the lamp of God , wherewith he searcheth the inward- ness of all secrets . " If then such be the capacity and receipt of the mind of man , it is manifest that there is no danger at all in the proportion or quantity ...
... spirit of man is as the lamp of God , wherewith he searcheth the inward- ness of all secrets . " If then such be the capacity and receipt of the mind of man , it is manifest that there is no danger at all in the proportion or quantity ...
Side 8
... spirit which redoundeth from knowledge ; and that admonition of Saint Paul , " That we be not seduced by vain philosophy " ; let those places be rightly understood , and they do indeed excellently set forth the true bounds and ...
... spirit which redoundeth from knowledge ; and that admonition of Saint Paul , " That we be not seduced by vain philosophy " ; let those places be rightly understood , and they do indeed excellently set forth the true bounds and ...
Side 15
... spirit ; such as Seneca speaketh of : " Quidam tam sunt umbratiles , ut putent in turbido esse quicquid in luce est " ; and not of learning : well may it be that such a point of a man's nature may make him give himself to learning , but ...
... spirit ; such as Seneca speaketh of : " Quidam tam sunt umbratiles , ut putent in turbido esse quicquid in luce est " ; and not of learning : well may it be that such a point of a man's nature may make him give himself to learning , but ...
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