 The End of our Foundation is the knowledge of Causes and secret motions of things, and the enlarging of the bounds of Human Empire, to the effecting of all things possible.  The works of Francis Bacon - Page 97by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819Full view - About this book
 | John Arthur Thomson - 1911 - 276 pages
...in the New Atlantis] is the knowledge of causes and the secret motions of things; and the enlarging of the bounds of human empire, to the effecting of all things possible." — FRANCIS BACON. Science for its own Sake — Science and Practical Lore — Science and Occupation... | |
 | George William Kitchin - 1911 - 310 pages
...of our Foundation is the Knowledge of Causes, and the secret motions of things ; and the enlarging of the bounds of Human Empire, to the effecting of all things possible." 2 And nothing so much inclined the spirits of our ancestors towards advance and reform of various shades... | |
 | William Henry Hudson - 1912 - 302 pages
..."the end of our foundation is the knowledge of causes and secret motions of things, and the enlarging of the bounds of human empire to the effecting of all things possible." In this double-sided programme Bacon clearly indicates his idea of what science should be and should... | |
 | Royal Society (Great Britain) - 1912 - 596 pages
...believed, man could attain to ' the knowledge of causes and secret motions of things, and the enlarging of the bounds of human empire, to the effecting of all things possible.' l He held that ' there is much ground for hoping that there are still laid up in the womb of Nature... | |
 | 1893 - 1024 pages
...of their foundation being the " knowledge of causes and secret motions of things and the enlarging of the bounds of human empire, to the effecting of all things possible." What the " father of Salomon's House " enumerates as the preparations for, and instruments and achievements... | |
 | Ralph Barton Perry - 1912 - 408 pages
..."The end of our foundation is the knowledge of causes, and secret motions of things; and the enlarging of the bounds of human empire, to the effecting of all things possible." l The value of theory and belief is in the end the same. Both are forms of knowledge, and knowledge... | |
 | Columbia University - 1913 - 810 pages
...end of our foundation is the knowledge of causes, and secret motions of things ; and the enlarging of the bounds of human empire, to the effecting of all things possible." Respectfully submitted, FREDERICK JE WOODBRIDGE, Dean. June 30, 1914. SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM REPORT OF... | |
 | Columbia University - 1914 - 404 pages
..."The end of our foundation is the knowledge of causes, and secret motions of things; and the enlarging of the bounds of human empire, to the effecting of all things possible." Respectfully submitted, FREDERICK JE WOODBRIDGE, Dean. June 30, 1914. SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM REPORT OF... | |
 | Johann Valentin Andreä - 1914 - 324 pages
...knowledge of our foundation is the knowledge of causes and secret motions of things, and the enlarging of the bounds of human empire, to the effecting of all things possible." 2 " It so fell out that there was in one of the boats one of the wise men of the society of Salomon's... | |
 | Clark Sutherland Northup, William Coolidge Lane, John Christopher Schwab - 1915 - 526 pages
...ends and means are, it is true, before us. We still seek "the knowledge of causes and the enlarging of the bounds of human empire to the effecting of all things possible." We still use observation and experiment. But the instruments and operations of Solomon's House are... | |
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