Bacon: His Writings and His PhilosophyGaunt, Incorporated, 2009 - 715 pages |
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Page 448
... motions and active virtues or powers in nature ; which he makes to be , 1. Motion of Resistance ( antitypiae ) ; 2. Of Connexion ( nexus ) ; 3. Of Liberty ; 4. Of Matter ( hyles ) ; 5. Of Continuity ( continuationis ) ; 6 . Of ...
... motions and active virtues or powers in nature ; which he makes to be , 1. Motion of Resistance ( antitypiae ) ; 2. Of Connexion ( nexus ) ; 3. Of Liberty ; 4. Of Matter ( hyles ) ; 5. Of Continuity ( continuationis ) ; 6 . Of ...
Page 535
... motion is indeterminate and their imagination indefinite , it is negligently observed , for ants go right forwards ... motion of gravity ; for if that were taken away , lead would draw lead , and gold would draw gold , and iron would ...
... motion is indeterminate and their imagination indefinite , it is negligently observed , for ants go right forwards ... motion of gravity ; for if that were taken away , lead would draw lead , and gold would draw gold , and iron would ...
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... motion ; whereas how evident is it , that that which they call a contrary motion is but an abatement of motion . The fixed stars overgo Saturn , and so in them and the rest all is but one motion , and the nearer the earth the slower . A ...
... motion ; whereas how evident is it , that that which they call a contrary motion is but an abatement of motion . The fixed stars overgo Saturn , and so in them and the rest all is but one motion , and the nearer the earth the slower . A ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 5 |
Moral Theological and Historical Works Section 1 Essays | 9 |
Wisdom of the Ancients | 89 |
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