The Works of Francis Bacon: Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1819 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 99
Page 8
... doth insinuate , that the supreme or summary law of nature , which he calleth , The work which God worketh from the beginning to the end , is not possible to be found out by man ; yet that doth not derogate from the capacity of the mind ...
... doth insinuate , that the supreme or summary law of nature , which he calleth , The work which God worketh from the beginning to the end , is not possible to be found out by man ; yet that doth not derogate from the capacity of the mind ...
Page 9
... doth excellently expound himself in another place of the same book , where he saith ; I saw well that knowledge recedeth as far from ignorance , as light doth from darkness ; and that the wiseman's eyes keep watch in his head , whereas ...
... doth excellently expound himself in another place of the same book , where he saith ; I saw well that knowledge recedeth as far from ignorance , as light doth from darkness ; and that the wiseman's eyes keep watch in his head , whereas ...
Page 10
... doth the sense dis- " cover natural things , but it darkeneth and shutteth up divine . " And hence it is true , that it hath proceeded , that divers great learned men have been heretical , whilst they have sought to fly up to the ...
... doth the sense dis- " cover natural things , but it darkeneth and shutteth up divine . " And hence it is true , that it hath proceeded , that divers great learned men have been heretical , whilst they have sought to fly up to the ...
Page 11
... doth soften mens minds , and makes them more unapt for the honour and exercise of arms ; that it doth mar and pervert mens dispositions for matter of govern- ment and policy , in making them too curious and irresolute by variety of ...
... doth soften mens minds , and makes them more unapt for the honour and exercise of arms ; that it doth mar and pervert mens dispositions for matter of govern- ment and policy , in making them too curious and irresolute by variety of ...
Page 17
... doth make the minds of men gentle , generous , maniable , and pliant to government ; whereas ignorance makes them churlish , thwarting , and mutinous : and the evidence of time doth clear this assertion , considering that the most ...
... doth make the minds of men gentle , generous , maniable , and pliant to government ; whereas ignorance makes them churlish , thwarting , and mutinous : and the evidence of time doth clear this assertion , considering that the most ...
Contents
335 | |
341 | |
347 | |
353 | |
361 | |
367 | |
373 | |
382 | |
108 | |
127 | |
164 | |
177 | |
239 | |
245 | |
253 | |
259 | |
266 | |
272 | |
280 | |
286 | |
293 | |
303 | |
308 | |
314 | |
321 | |
328 | |
388 | |
395 | |
410 | |
417 | |
424 | |
435 | |
442 | |
449 | |
472 | |
478 | |
484 | |
490 | |
496 | |
502 | |
509 | |
511 | |
517 | |
523 | |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
amongst ancient appeareth Aristotle Augustus Cæsar Bacon beasts better birds body boughs Cæsar Callisthenes cause chiefly Cicero cold colour cometh commonly conceive consort touching contrariwise deficient Demosthenes divers divine Doctrine doth doubt earth effect error excellent Experiment solitary touching Experiments in consort farther flame flowers former fortune fruit giveth glass goeth greater ground groweth handled hath heat herbs honour humours inquiry invention judgment juice kind king knowledge labour learning less light likewise living creatures maketh man's manner matter medicine ment mind moisture motion natural philosophy nourishment observed opinion particular plants Plato pleasure princes putrefaction reason root saith sciences Scriptures seed seemeth sense shew Sir Francis Bacon Sophisms sort sound speak speech spirit of wine spirits string substance sweet Tacitus things tion trees true truth unto virtue whereas whereby wherein whereof wine wisdom wood words