 | George Burnett - 1807 - 970 pages
...were sought in knowledge a couch, whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit ; or a terras, for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down...and action : howbeit, I do not mean, when I speak of uss and action, that end before mentioned of the applying of knowledge to lucre and profession ; for... | |
 | George Burnett - 1813 - 550 pages
...were sought, in knowledge a couch, whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit ; or a terras, for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down...and action : howbeit, I do not mean, when I speak of usa and action, that end before mentioned of the applying of knowledge to lucre and profession ;. for... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 324 pages
...more intimate and strict conjunction of contemplation and action ;ta conjunction like that of Sa turn the planet of rest and contemplation; and Jupiter the planet of civil society and action. But here by use and action, we do not mean the applying of knowledge to lucre; for that diverts the... | |
 | 1861 - 814 pages
...once be seen how far the prophesy falls short of its actual f ulfilment : " But this," says Bacon, " is that which will indeed dignify and exalt knowledge,...Jupiter, the planet of civil society and action." Surely, by the well-known laws of interpretation, in no way exceeding the licence properly permitted... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1826 - 536 pages
...non tanquam in face Romuli."(a) And in considering the peccant humours of learning, he lays, " This will indeed dignify and exalt knowledge, if contemplation...Jupiter, the planet of civil society and action." (b) And in his enquiry into action and contemplation, after objecting to Aristotle's preference of... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 432 pages
...indeed dignify and exalt knowledge, if con-- " templation and action may be more nearly and " strongly conjoined and united together, than they " have been:...Jupiter the planet of civil " society and action," he, in the year 1605, when he was 44 years of age, published his Advancement of Learning. It is entitled... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 pages
...indeed dignify and exalt knowledge, ifcontempla" tion and action may be more nearly and straightly " conjoined and united together than they have been:...highest " planets, Saturn, the planet of rest and contem" plantion ; and Jupiter, the planet of civil society " and action : howbeit, I do not mean,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...indeed dignify and exalt knowledge, if contempla" tion and action may be more nearly and straightly " conjoined and united together than they have been:...highest " planets, Saturn, the planet of rest and contem" plantion; and Jupiter, the planet of civil society " and action : howbeit, I do not mean, when... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pages
...life, God and angels only should be lookers-on ; that contemplation and action ought ever to be united, a conjunction like unto that of the two highest planets, Saturn the planet of rest, and Jupiter the planet of action." He could not, thus thinking, but engage in active life ; and, so engaged,... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1826 - 548 pages
...non tanquam in fsece Romuli."(a) And in considering the peccant humours of learning, he says, " This will indeed dignify and exalt knowledge, if contemplation...Jupiter, the planet of civil society and action." (fc) And in his enquiry into action and contemplation, after objecting to Aristotle's preference of... | |
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But this is that which will indeed dignify and exalt knowledge, if contemplation and action may be more nearly and straitly conjoined and united together than they have been; a conjunction like unto that of the two highest planets, Saturn, the planet... 
