| 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... | |
| 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"... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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