The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 9Hurd and Houghton, 1872 |
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... better than an empir- ical practice . With this reservation therefore let us proceed to the doctrine concerning Man . It has two parts . For it considers man either segregate , or con- gregate and in society . The one I call the ...
... better than an empir- ical practice . With this reservation therefore let us proceed to the doctrine concerning Man . It has two parts . For it considers man either segregate , or con- gregate and in society . The one I call the ...
Page 30
... better pre- servatives of health than those mediocrities , which only make nature slothful and unable to bear either excess or want when it is necessary . Nor have the kinds of exercises which have most power to preserve health been by ...
... better pre- servatives of health than those mediocrities , which only make nature slothful and unable to bear either excess or want when it is necessary . Nor have the kinds of exercises which have most power to preserve health been by ...
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... better . But artificial divination of both kinds is dispersed among different knowledges . The astrologer has his predictions , from the position of the stars . The physician likewise has his predictions of approaching death , of ...
... better . But artificial divination of both kinds is dispersed among different knowledges . The astrologer has his predictions , from the position of the stars . The physician likewise has his predictions of approaching death , of ...
Page 57
... better inquiry be set on foot . For ignorance on this point drove some of the ancient philosophers to suppose that a soul was infused into all bodies without distinction ; for they could not conceive how there could be motion at dis ...
... better inquiry be set on foot . For ignorance on this point drove some of the ancient philosophers to suppose that a soul was infused into all bodies without distinction ; for they could not conceive how there could be motion at dis ...
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... better aim , but also to draw a stronger bow . The logical arts are four in number ; divided accord - 7 ing to the ends at which they aim . For men's labour in rational knowledges is either to invent that which is sought , or to judge ...
... better aim , but also to draw a stronger bow . The logical arts are four in number ; divided accord - 7 ing to the ends at which they aim . For men's labour in rational knowledges is either to invent that which is sought , or to judge ...
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