The Advancement of LearningThe Floating Press, 1. aug. 2010 - 339 sider Philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, lawyer, and prolific author -- Francis Bacon was a true polymath and Renaissance man, and is regarded as one of the progenitors of the school of thought known as Empiricism, as well as the scientific method. In this volume, Bacon discusses a remarkably wide-ranging array of philosophical and scientific subjects, putting the mind-boggling breadth of his knowledge on full display. |
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Side 10
... adding to the stock of knowledge in the world something worth labouring for; and the true worth is in labour for "the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate." H.M. The First Book of Francis Bacon; Of the Proficience and 10.
... adding to the stock of knowledge in the world something worth labouring for; and the true worth is in labour for "the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate." H.M. The First Book of Francis Bacon; Of the Proficience and 10.
Side 13
... labour and difficulty, or speech that savoureth of the affectation of art and precepts, or speech that is framed after the imitation of some pattern of eloquence, though never so excellent; all this hath somewhat servile, and holding of ...
... labour and difficulty, or speech that savoureth of the affectation of art and precepts, or speech that is framed after the imitation of some pattern of eloquence, though never so excellent; all this hath somewhat servile, and holding of ...
Side 46
... labour then was with the people (of whom the Pharisees were wont to say, Execrabilis ista turba, quae non novit legem), for the winning and persuading of them, there grew of necessity in chief price and request eloquence and variety of ...
... labour then was with the people (of whom the Pharisees were wont to say, Execrabilis ista turba, quae non novit legem), for the winning and persuading of them, there grew of necessity in chief price and request eloquence and variety of ...
Side 57
... labour of a new search, he were but like to light upon somewhat formerly rejected, and by rejection brought into oblivion; as if the multitude, or the wisest for the multitude's sake, were not ready to give passage rather to that which ...
... labour of a new search, he were but like to light upon somewhat formerly rejected, and by rejection brought into oblivion; as if the multitude, or the wisest for the multitude's sake, were not ready to give passage rather to that which ...
Side 66
... labour for the use. Again, the first acts which man performed in Paradise consisted of the two summary parts of knowledge; the view of creatures, and the imposition of names. As for the knowledge which induced the fall, it was, as was ...
... labour for the use. Again, the first acts which man performed in Paradise consisted of the two summary parts of knowledge; the view of creatures, and the imposition of names. As for the knowledge which induced the fall, it was, as was ...
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IX | 169 |
X | 174 |
XI | 186 |
XII | 190 |
XIII | 194 |
XIV | 204 |
XV | 212 |
XVI | 215 |
VII | 73 |
VIII | 92 |
The Second Book | 101 |
I | 113 |
II | 119 |
III | 130 |
IV | 134 |
V | 139 |
VI | 144 |
VII | 147 |
VIII | 159 |
XVII | 220 |
XVIII | 228 |
XIX | 235 |
XX | 240 |
XXI | 249 |
XXII | 260 |
XXIII | 277 |
XXIV | 317 |
XXV | 319 |
Endnotes | 338 |
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