The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 4J. Cundee, 1802 - Philosophy |
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... human uses ; 8. of the preliminaries to enquiry ; 9. and last- ly , of the ascending and descending scale of Axioms * 22. Among the prerogative instances for in- terpreting nature , in the first place come the so- litary kind ; that is ...
... human uses ; 8. of the preliminaries to enquiry ; 9. and last- ly , of the ascending and descending scale of Axioms * 22. Among the prerogative instances for in- terpreting nature , in the first place come the so- litary kind ; that is ...
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... These several instances seem clearly to intimate that fluidity and consistency are no more than vulgar notions relative to the human sense , and that all bodies have a real appetite to avoid discontinuation , though in 13.
... These several instances seem clearly to intimate that fluidity and consistency are no more than vulgar notions relative to the human sense , and that all bodies have a real appetite to avoid discontinuation , though in 13.
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... human indus- try , therefore , must be bent upon enquiring into , and observing the similitudes and analogies of things , as well in their wholes as in their parts ; for these are what unite nature * , and begin to build up the sciences ...
... human indus- try , therefore , must be bent upon enquiring into , and observing the similitudes and analogies of things , as well in their wholes as in their parts ; for these are what unite nature * , and begin to build up the sciences ...
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... human industry , the un- derstanding should be captivated , chained down , This directs us to a short and facile method of im- proving the known arts , and inventing new ones . See the section upon Learned Experience in the de Augmentis ...
... human industry , the un- derstanding should be captivated , chained down , This directs us to a short and facile method of im- proving the known arts , and inventing new ones . See the section upon Learned Experience in the de Augmentis ...
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... human reason and the sagacity of brutes ; yet there are some instances of actions which brutes perform , whereby they also seem to reason . Thus it is reported of a raven , that in a time of great drought , espying water in the hollow ...
... human reason and the sagacity of brutes ; yet there are some instances of actions which brutes perform , whereby they also seem to reason . Thus it is reported of a raven , that in a time of great drought , espying water in the hollow ...
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