 But the course I propose for the discovery of sciences is such as leaves but little to the acuteness and strength of wits, but places all wits and understandings nearly on a level.  A Budget of Paradoxes - Pagina 51door Augustus De Morgan - 1872 - 511 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1921 - 472 pagina’s
...1915.) 2 "The course which I propose for the discovery of sciences is such as leaves but little to the acuteness and strength of wits, but places all wits and understandings nearly on a level." (Bacon, Novum Organum, bk. 1, 61.) To which Professor Fowler rejoins: "Bacon's promise never has been... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1852 - 118 pagina’s
...as in order that a straight line be made or a perfect circle be described, there is much in [ — ie much depends on — ] the steadiness and practice of the hand, if it be done by the hand's own power, but if a ruler be employed, or [a pair of] compasses, little or none ; quite... | |
 | Appleton Morgan, Charlotte Endymion Porter - 1887 - 698 pagina’s
...translation) : 'The course I propose for the discovery of sciences is such as leaves but little to the acuteness and strength of wits, but places all wits and understandings nearly on a level. . . . For my way of discovering sciences . . . performs everything by the surest rules and demonstrations.' Assuredly... | |
 | 1887 - 602 pagina’s
...translation) : ' The course I propose for the discovery of sciences is such as leaves but little to the acuteness and strength of wits, but places all wits and understandings nearly on a level. . . . For my way of discovering sciences . . . performs everything by the surest rules and demonstrations.' Assuredly... | |
 | 1905 - 958 pagina’s
...astray. But the course I propose for the discovery of sciences is such as leaves but little to the acuteness and strength of wits, but places all wits and understandings nearly on a level 26 . For as in the drawing of a straight line or a perfect circle, much depends on the steadiness and... | |
 | Will Durant - 1917 - 298 pagina’s
...after all is seldom a matter of genius. "The course I propose ... is such as leaves but little to the acuteness and strength of wits, but places all wits and understandings nearly on the level." 2 Let scope and freedom be amply provided for the genius ; it is the work of following... | |
 | Henry Osborn Taylor - 1920 - 448 pagina’s
...truth. " The course I propose for the discovery of the sciences is such as leaves but little to the acuteness and strength of wits, but places all wits and understandings nearly on a level." lfl Will it be a levelling up or a levelling down, one queries. One reads on in the Novum Organum,... | |
 | Gustav Spiller - 1921 - 464 pagina’s
...1915.) 2 "The course which I propose for the discovery of sciences is such as leaves but little to the acuteness and strength of wits, but places all wits and understandings nearly on a level." (Bacon, Novum Organum, bk. 1, 61.) To which Professor Fowler rejoins: "Bacon's promise never has been... | |
 | 1934 - 660 pagina’s
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