The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: With a Life of the Author, Volume 1Carey and Hart, 1844 |
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... philosopher , has done the same . Redeeming the human mind from the chains imposed upon it by Aristotle , and riveted by the schools , he placed in the hands of ... philosophy . 338232 As works of genius , as examples of calm , iii 192.
... philosopher , has done the same . Redeeming the human mind from the chains imposed upon it by Aristotle , and riveted by the schools , he placed in the hands of ... philosophy . 338232 As works of genius , as examples of calm , iii 192.
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... PHILOSOPHY . Perseus , or War .... 292 Primitive or general philosophy 193 Endymion , or a Favourite 294 Particular philosophy 194 The Sister of the Giants , or Fame 294 Natural religion ... 194 Acteon and Pentheus , or a Curious Man ...
... PHILOSOPHY . Perseus , or War .... 292 Primitive or general philosophy 193 Endymion , or a Favourite 294 Particular philosophy 194 The Sister of the Giants , or Fame 294 Natural religion ... 194 Acteon and Pentheus , or a Curious Man ...
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... philosophy of Aristotle , not for the worthlessness of the au- thor , to whose gigantic intellect he ever ascribed all high attributes , but for the unfruitfulness of his method , being a philosophy , as he was wont to say , strong for ...
... philosophy of Aristotle , not for the worthlessness of the au- thor , to whose gigantic intellect he ever ascribed all high attributes , but for the unfruitfulness of his method , being a philosophy , as he was wont to say , strong for ...
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... philosophy . At this period the court was divided into two parties at the head of the one were the two Ce- cils ; of the other , the Earl of Leicester , and after- wards his son - in - law , the Earl of Essex . of his father's virtues ...
... philosophy . At this period the court was divided into two parties at the head of the one were the two Ce- cils ; of the other , the Earl of Leicester , and after- wards his son - in - law , the Earl of Essex . of his father's virtues ...
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... philosophy speaketh too much , and laws too little ; and that is , of educa- tion of youth . Whereupon fixing my mind a while , I found straightways , and noted , even in the dis- courses of philosophers , which are so large in this ...
... philosophy speaketh too much , and laws too little ; and that is , of educa- tion of youth . Whereupon fixing my mind a while , I found straightways , and noted , even in the dis- courses of philosophers , which are so large in this ...
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