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Página 68
... mind can make no real progress , and " dum ad ulteriora tendit ad proxi- miora recidit . " We must of necessity take as the starting point of our philosophy , matter possessed of its primitive qua- lities ; and this principle is in ...
... mind can make no real progress , and " dum ad ulteriora tendit ad proxi- miora recidit . " We must of necessity take as the starting point of our philosophy , matter possessed of its primitive qua- lities ; and this principle is in ...
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... mind takes in every form of anti- thetic dualism , and especially in the idea of the reciprocal action of opposing forces . It comes from the same source as the love and strife of Empedocles , and as the good and evil principles of the ...
... mind takes in every form of anti- thetic dualism , and especially in the idea of the reciprocal action of opposing forces . It comes from the same source as the love and strife of Empedocles , and as the good and evil principles of the ...
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... mind which distinguishes southern from northern Italy , and which is yet more conspicuous in the writings of Campanella and of Vico : grave and melancholy earnestness , a fondness for symbol and metaphor , and for wide - reaching but ...
... mind which distinguishes southern from northern Italy , and which is yet more conspicuous in the writings of Campanella and of Vico : grave and melancholy earnestness , a fondness for symbol and metaphor , and for wide - reaching but ...
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... mind was prone . As in his visions of the future , embodied in the achievements of Solomon's House , there is nothing which he did not conceive to be really practicable by the means which he supposes to be used ; so in his speculations ...
... mind was prone . As in his visions of the future , embodied in the achievements of Solomon's House , there is nothing which he did not conceive to be really practicable by the means which he supposes to be used ; so in his speculations ...
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... mind and purpose . I hasten not to publish : perishing I would prevent ; and am forced to respect as well my times as the matter . For with me it is thus , and I think with all men in my case : if I bind myself to an argument , it ...
... mind and purpose . I hasten not to publish : perishing I would prevent ; and am forced to respect as well my times as the matter . For with me it is thus , and I think with all men in my case : if I bind myself to an argument , it ...
Términos y frases comunes
adeo Advancement of Learning ancient aquæ Aristotle atque Augmentis Augustus Cæsar autem Bacon body Cæsar calore causes certe chapter Cicero conceit deficient Democritus Demosthenes divers divine doctrine doth ejus enim eorum error etiam excellent fere fluxus fortune hæc hath homines hominum honour hujusmodi illa illis illud inquiry instar inter invention ipsa ipsis ista Itaque kind knowledge labour licet likewise magis maketh man's materiæ matter mind modo modum motus naturæ natural philosophy naturali Neque nisi nobis Novum Organum observation omitted omnia opinion original particular passage Plato possit prorsus quæ quædam qualia quam quibus quis quod reason rebus rerum saith sciences scientia Scriptures seemeth shew sibi sint sive speech sunt Tacitus tamen tanquam tantum Telesius terræ things tion translation true truth unto veluti vero Verum videtur virtue wherein whereof wisdom words
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Página 295 - Faithful are the wounds of a friend ; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Página 481 - Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me : and again a little while and ye shall see me ; and, Because I go to the Father ? They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while ? we cannot tell what he saith.
Página 286 - For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby ; but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit.
Página 298 - Surely there is a vein for the silver, And a place for gold where they fine it. Iron is taken out of the earth, And brass is molten out of the stone.
Página 147 - But thus you see we maintain a trade, not for gold, silver, or jewels, nor for silks, nor for spices, nor any other commodity of matter, but only for God's first creature, which was light; to have light, I say, of the growth of all parts of the world.
Página 165 - Then after divers meetings and consults of our whole number, to consider of the former labours and collections, we have three that take care, out of them, to direct new experiments, of a higher light, more penetrating into nature than the former.
Página 329 - The parts of human learning have reference to the three parts of Man's Understanding, which is the seat of learning : History to his Memory, Poesy to his Imagination/ and Philosophy to his Reason.