The Two Books of Francis, Lord Verulam: Of the Proficience and Advancement of Learning, Divine and HumanW. Pickering, 1825 - 402 pagina's |
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Pagina 9
... inquiry and invention , he doth in another place rule over , when he saith , " The spirit of man is as the lamp of God , wherewith he searcheth the inwardness of all secrets . " If then such be the capacity and receipt of the mind of ...
... inquiry and invention , he doth in another place rule over , when he saith , " The spirit of man is as the lamp of God , wherewith he searcheth the inwardness of all secrets . " If then such be the capacity and receipt of the mind of ...
Pagina 11
... passed over : for if any man shall think by view and inquiry into these sensible and material things to attain that light , whereby he may reveal unto himself the nature or will of God , then indeed ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING . 11.
... passed over : for if any man shall think by view and inquiry into these sensible and material things to attain that light , whereby he may reveal unto himself the nature or will of God , then indeed ADVANCEMENT OF LEARNING . 11.
Pagina 47
... inquiry of the divine truth , their pride inclined to leave the oracle of God's word , and to vanish in the mixture of their own in- ventions ; so in the inquisition of nature , they ever left the oracle of God's works , and adored the ...
... inquiry of the divine truth , their pride inclined to leave the oracle of God's word , and to vanish in the mixture of their own in- ventions ; so in the inquisition of nature , they ever left the oracle of God's works , and adored the ...
Pagina 117
... inquiry what parts thereof lie fresh and waste , and not improved and converted by the industry of man ; to the end that such a plot , made and recorded to memory , may both minister light to any public designation , and also serve to ...
... inquiry what parts thereof lie fresh and waste , and not improved and converted by the industry of man ; to the end that such a plot , made and recorded to memory , may both minister light to any public designation , and also serve to ...
Pagina 123
... inquiry or meditation upon matters mechanical , except they be such as may be thought secrets , rarities , and special subtilties ; which humour of vain and supercilious arrogancy is justly derided in Plato ; where he brings in Hippias ...
... inquiry or meditation upon matters mechanical , except they be such as may be thought secrets , rarities , and special subtilties ; which humour of vain and supercilious arrogancy is justly derided in Plato ; where he brings in Hippias ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 313 - I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: there was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.
Pagina 158 - I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
Pagina 13 - Jupiter's chair. ^<fo conclude therefore : let no man, upon a weak conceit of sobriety, or an ill-applied moderation, think or maintain, that a man can search too far, or be too well studied in the book of God's word, or in the book of God's works ; divinity or philosophy ; but rather let men endeavour an endless progress, or proficience in both...
Pagina 57 - So it is in contemplation; if a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.
Pagina 309 - He that observeth the wind shall not sow; and he that regardeth the clouds shall not reap.
Pagina 364 - 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.
Pagina 267 - But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life, it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on...
Pagina 226 - For the mind of man is far from the nature of a clear and equal glass, wherein the beams of things should reflect according to their true incidence; nay, it is rather like an enchanted glass, full of superstition and imposture, if it be not delivered and reduced.
Pagina 52 - ... for, as water will not ascend higher than the level of the first spring-head from whence it descendeth, so knowledge derived from Aristotle, and exempted from liberty of examination, will not rise again higher than the knowledge of Aristotle.
Pagina 142 - Because true history propoundeth the successes and issues of actions not so agreeable to the merits of virtue and vice. therefore poesy feigns them more just in retribution, and more according to revealed providence.