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" ... in the entrance of philosophy, when the second causes, which are next unto the senses, do offer themselves to the mind of man, if it dwell and stay there it may induce some oblivion of the highest cause; but when a man passeth on... "
The Works of Francis Bacon: Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans, and Lord ... - Page 8
by Francis Bacon - 1824
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Foliorum Centuriae: Selections for Translation Into Latin and Greek Prose ...

Hubert Ashton Holden - 1852 - 380 pages
...it dwell and stay there, it may induce some oblivion of the highest cause ; but when a man passeth on farther, and seeth the dependence of causes, and...let no man, upon a weak conceit of sobriety, or an ill applied moderation, think or maintain, that a man can search too far, or be too well studied in...
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Voices of Nature to Her Foster-child, the Soul of Man: A Series of Analogies ...

George Barrell Cheever - 1852 - 478 pages
...it dwell and stay there, it may induce some oblivion of the highest cause ; but when a man passeth on farther, and seeth the dependence of causes, and...must needs be tied to the foot of Jupiter's chair. LORD BACON. — .Ma. of Learning. THESE things are not strange, they are familiar, and that makes them...
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The two books of Francis Bacon: of the proficience and advancement of ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1852 - 238 pages
...if it dwell and stay there it may induce some oblivion of the highest cause ; but when a man passeth on farther, and seeth the dependence of causes, and...chain must needs be tied to the foot of Jupiter's chair.4 To conclude therefore, let no man upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill-applied moderation...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1852 - 580 pages
...if it dwell and stay there, it may induce some oblivion of the highest cause; but when a man passeth on farther, and seeth the dependence of causes, and...highest link of nature's chain must needs be tied ta the foot of Jupiter's chair." § 3. THE COLOURS OF GOOD AND EVIL. This tract was published by Lord...
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The Collected Works of Dugald Stewart: Translations of the passages in ...

Dugald Stewart - 1877 - 394 pages
...it dwell and stay there, it may induce some oblivion of the highest cause ; but when a man passeth on farther, and seeth the dependence of causes, and...must needs be tied to the foot of Jupiter's chair. — Bacon (Adv. of Learning). P. 235, n., c. 2, 1. 1. — Since fate is nothing more than an interlaced...
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Philosophical works

Francis Bacon - 1854 - 894 pages
...it dwell and stay there, it may inductsome oblivion of the highest cause : but when *a man passeth na, though they knew there were no such things; and...number of subtile and intricate axioms and theorems, needa be tied to the foot of Jupiter's chair. To conclude therefore : let no man, upon a weak conceit...
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Infidelity: Its Aspects, Causes and Agencies ...

Thomas Pearson - 1854 - 640 pages
...When a man," says Bacon, "seeth the dependence of causes and the 1 Indications of the Creator, p. 8. works of Providence, then, according to the allegory...must needs be tied to the foot of Jupiter's chair." Having interposed in a miraculous manner at the creation of the world, it is reasonable to believe...
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A Compendium of English Literature, Chronologically Arranged from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1854 - 796 pages
...if it dwell and stay there, it may induce some oblivion of the highest cause; but when a man passeth on farther, and seeth the dependence of causes, and...will easily believe that the highest link of nature's rhain must needs be tied to the foot of Jupiter's chair. To conclude, therefore, let no man, upon a...
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Infidelity: Its, Aspects, Causes, and Agencies: Being the Prize Essay of the ...

Rev. Pearson (Thomas), Thomas Pearson - 1854 - 630 pages
...When a man/' says Bacon, "seeth the dependence of causes and the 1 Indications of the Creator, p. 8. works of Providence, then, according to the allegory...that the highest link of nature's chain must needs be tiedf to the foot of Jupiter's chair." Having interposed in a miraculous manner at the creation of...
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Man Primeval: Or, The Constitution and Primitive Condition of the Human ...

John Harris - 1854 - 498 pages
...and seeth the dependence of causes, »nd the works of Providence ; then, according to the allegory if the poets, he will easily believe that the highest...must needs be tied to the foot of Jupiter's chair."" * Advancement of Learning;, BI This sagacious truth id admirably developed and illustrated in Dr. Whcwell's...
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