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" Here therefore is the first distemper of learning, when men study words and not matter... "
The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord ... - Page 28
by Francis Bacon - 1826
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Jordano Bruno, Volume 2

Christian Bartholmèss - 1847 - 456 pages
...summe, the whole inclination and bent of those times >vas, rather about copie, than weight. Here we see the first distemper of learning, when men study words and not matter,» (BACOPT, Advanc. of learning, VI). — Copie, dit l'Anglais; copiosa vena, avait dit l'Italien. 4 Ou...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1850 - 590 pages
...echo; " Decem annos consumpsi in legendo Cicerone ;" and the echo answered in Greek, "o«, " Asine." erius in dissimulation, as Tacitus 1 have represented an example of late times, yet it hath been, and will be " secundum majus et minus"...
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Works, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pages
...echo j " Decem annos consumpsi in legcndo Cicerone :" and the echo answered in Greek, "Ort, Asine. Then grew the learning of the schoolmen to be utterly...inclination and bent of those times was rather towards cojiia, than weight. Here therefore is the first distemper of learning, when men study words, and not...
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The two books of Francis Bacon: of the proficience and advancement of ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1852 - 238 pages
...scoffing Echo: JDecem annos consuntpsi in legendo Cicerone; and the Echo answered in Greek, Ovc Asine? Then grew the learning of the schoolmen to be utterly...inclination and bent of those times was rather towards copie than weight. 3. Here, therefore, is the first distemper of learning, when men study words and...
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Philosophical works

Francis Bacon - 1854 - 894 pages
...the delicate learning ; vain imaginations, vain altercations, and vain affectations. The accounts of sible to join serpentine wisdom with the columbine innocency, except men of the second, when they follow speculations of " unprofitable subtility or curiosity ; " and of the...
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Hints on the Culture of Character

1855 - 346 pages
...superficial, without depth, heart, or substance. And this was noted long ago by a great thinker as " the first distemper of learning, when men study words and not matter." And though these different modes of unsoundness are closely related to one another — for error most...
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Works: Collected and Edited by James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis ..., Volume 3

Francis Bacon - 1859 - 852 pages
...legendo Cicerone, [I have spent ten years in reading Cicero:] and the echo answered in Greek, one, Asine. Then grew the learning of the schoolmen to be utterly...inclination and bent of those times was rather towards copie than weight. Here therefore [is] the first distemper of learning, when men study words and not...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Philosophical works

Francis Bacon (Viscount St. Albans) - 1857 - 856 pages
...Cicerone, £X have spent ten years in reading Cicero:] and the echo answered in Greek, one, Asine. Then grew the learning of the schoolmen to be utterly...inclination and bent of those times was rather towards copie than weight. Here therefore [is] the first distemper of learning, when men study words and not...
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The Works of Francis Bacon ...: Philosophical works

Francis Bacon - 1857 - 900 pages
...legendo Cicerone, [I have spent ten years in reading Cicero:] and the echo answered in Greek, one, Asine. Then grew the learning of the schoolmen to be utterly...barbarous. In sum, the whole inclination and bent of those tunes was rather towards copie than weight. Here therefore [is] the first distemper of learning, when...
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The Works, Volume 3

Francis Bacon - 1859 - 856 pages
...legendo Cicerone, [I have spent ten years in reading Cicero:] and the echo answered in Greek, one, Asine. Then grew the learning of the schoolmen to be utterly...inclination and bent of those times was rather towards copie than weight. Here therefore [is] the first distemper of learning, when men study words and not...
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