New Elements of Geometry

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R. Bentley, 1850 - 200 pages
 

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Page 21 - 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.
Page 13 - shut up in the cells of monasteries and colleges, and knowing little history, either of nature or time, did out of no great quantity of matter, and infinite agitation of wit, spin out unto us those laborious webs of learning which are extant in
Page 196 - I am induced by many reasons to suspect, that they [the phenomena of nature] may all depend upon certain forces, by which the particles of bodies, by some causes hitherto unknown, are either mutually impelled towards each other, and cohere in regular
Page 14 - books. 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 forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit.
Page 20 - To Him, no high, no low, no great, no small, He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.
Page 52 - more agreeable to the nature of things, and to the light of order, to place it as a branch of metaphysic ; for the subject of it being quantity, not quantity indefinite, which is but
Page 59 - not in the art, but in the artificers. He that works with less accuracy is an imperfect mechanic ; and if any could work with perfect accuracy, he would be the most perfect mechanic of all ; for the description

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