 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...  Philosophical works - Page 135by Francis Bacon - 1864Full view - About this book
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 528 pages
...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...not mean, when I speak of use and action, that end before mentioned of the applying of knowledge to lucre and profession; for 1 am not ignorant how much... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 528 pages
...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...not mean, when I speak of use and action, that end before mentioned of the applying of knowledge to lucre and profession; for I am not ignorant how much... | |
 | George Burnett - 1807 - 970 pages
...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...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
...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...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
...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...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 (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 648 pages
...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...and profession ; for I am not ignorant how much that diverteth and interrupteth the prosecution and advancement of knowledge, like unto the golden ball... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1824 - 642 pages
...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...and profession ; for I am not ignorant how much that diverteth and interrupteth the prosecution and advancement of knowledge, like unto the golden ball... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...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...and profession ; for I am not ignorant how much that diverteth and interrupteth the prosecution and advancement of knowledge, like unto the golden ball... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 432 pages
...con-- " templation and action may be more nearly and " strongly conjoined and united together, than they " have been: a conjunction like unto that of...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... | |
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