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" ... for it would thence follow that one infinity is greater than another, and that infinity is wasting away and tending to become finite. The like subtlety arises touching the infinite divisibility of lines, from the same inability of thought to stop. "
The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England - Page 344
by Francis Bacon - 1841
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 14

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1831 - 478 pages
...the present day, since the usually received distinction of an infinity, a parte ante and a parte post cannot hold good : for it would thence follow that...positive, just as they are found, and in fact not causable, yet the human understanding, incapable of resting, seeks for something more intelligible....
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 14

Francis Bacon - 1831 - 474 pages
...the present day, since the usually received distinction of an infinity, a parte ante and a parte post cannot hold good : for it would thence follow that...greatest generalities in nature must be positive, j ust as they are found, and in fact not causable, yet the human understanding, incapable of resting,...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: A New Edition:

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1831 - 486 pages
...the present day, since the usually received distinction of an infinity, a parte ante and a parte post cannot hold good : for it would thence follow that...positive, just as they are found, and in fact not causable, yet the human understanding, incapable of resting, seeks for something more intelligible....
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Novum Organum: Or, True Suggestions for the Interpretation of Nature

Francis Bacon - 1844 - 348 pages
...the present day, since the usually received distinction of an infinity, a parte ante and a parte post cannot hold good : for it would thence follow that...greatest generalities in nature must be positive, just as f ' '' they are found, and in fact not causable, yet the ~ .? ' human understanding, incapable of resting,...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 3

Francis Bacon - 1850 - 620 pages
...present day, since the usually received distinction of an infinity, a parte ante and a parte post, cannot hold good : for it would thence follow that...greatest generalities in nature must be positive, jnst яя they are found, and in fact not саигаЫе, yet, the human understanding, incapable of...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 3

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1857 - 612 pages
...present day, since the usually received distinction of an infinity, a parle ante and a parle post, cannot hold good : for it would thence follow that...greatest generalities in nature must be positive, just a» they are found, and in fact not cansable, yf-t, the human understanding, incapable of resting,...
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Francis Bacon of Verulam: Realistic Philosophy and Its Age

Kuno Fischer - 1857 - 492 pages
...distinction of an infinity, a parte ante and a parte post, cannot hold good, inasmuch as it would necessarily follow that one infinity is greater than another, and also that infinity is wasting away and verging to an end. There is a similar eubtilty with regard to the infinite divisibility of By the idea...
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Francis Bacon of Verulam, tr. by J. Oxenford

Ernst Kuno B. Fischer - 1857 - 540 pages
...distinction of an infinity, a parte ante and a parte post, cannot hold good, inasmuch aa it would necessarily follow that one infinity is greater than another, and also that infinity is wasting away and verging to an end. There is a similar subtilty with regard to the infinite divisibility of TENDENCY...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Volume 4

Francis Bacon - 1858 - 540 pages
...distinction which is commonly received of infinity in time past and in time to come can by no means hold; for it would thence follow that one infinity is greater than another, and that infinity is wasting away and tending to become finite. The like subtlety arises touching the infinite...
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The Works, Volume 4

Francis Bacon - 1858 - 516 pages
...distinction which is commonly received of infinity in time past and in time to come can by no means hold; for it would thence follow that one infinity is greater than another, and that infinity is wasting away and tending to become finite. The like subtlety arises touching the infinite...
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