 | Henry Norman Hudson - 1881 - 104 pages
...God, worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby; but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth...divinity and philosophy,) or in the manner or method of handling of a knowledge, which amongst them was this : Upon every particular position or assertion... | |
 | Emelyn W. Washburn - English literature - 1882 - 278 pages
...worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby ; but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth...of thread and work, but of no substance or profit." — " Advancement of Learning," B. i, n. ¿c. ENGLISH LITERATURE. It was against such " subtle, idle,... | |
 | George Burton Adams - Civilization, Medieval - 1883 - 152 pages
...God, worketh according to the stuff and is limited thereby ; but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth,...of thread and work, but of no substance or profit." It does not belong within these limits to indicate the true position or influence of scholasticism... | |
 | History - 1883 - 540 pages
...worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby ; but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless and brings forth...of thread and work, but of no substance or profit. — LORD BACON. Now came the great age of the Schoolmen. Latin Christianity raised up those vast monuments... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1884 - 564 pages
...worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby : but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth...of no substance or profit. This same unprofitable subtility or curiosity is of two sorts ; either in the subject itself that they handle, when it is... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Logic - 1885 - 436 pages
...God, worketh according to the stuff and is limited thereby ; but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth...of thread and work, but of no substance or profit. 6. This same unprofitable subtility or curiosity is of two sorts ; either in the subject itself that... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Logic - 1885 - 438 pages
...worketh according to the stuff and is limited thereby ; but if it work * upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is /^endless, and brings...admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of ,, jio substance or profit. \ 6. This same unprofitable subtility or curiosity is of two sorts ; either... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1887 - 878 pages
...distempers of learning, being, as well as the other, a kind of hunting after words and verbal prettiness. endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning,...of no substance or profit. This same unprofitable subtility or curiosity is of two sorts ; either in the subject itself that they handle, when it is... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1887 - 882 pages
...dirttmpers of learning, being, as well as the other, a kind of hunting after words and verbal prettiness. endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning,...of no substance or profit. This same unprofitable subtility or curiosity is of two sorts; either in the subject itself that they handle, when it is a... | |
 | John Scott - Democracy - 1890 - 370 pages
...God, worketh according to the stuff and is limited thereby ; but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth...of thread and work, but of no substance or profit." BACON — Advancement of Learning. LONDON : CHAPMAN AND HALL, LIMITED. 1890. Q 342467 As a token of... | |
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For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby : but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings... 
