To conclude therefore, 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 the book of God's word or in the book of God's works ; divinity or philosophy; but... The Advancement of Learning, Book I - Page 9by Francis Bacon - 1904 - 145 pagesFull view - About this book
| Paton James Gloag - 1859 - 204 pages
...: HAMILTON, ADAMS, & CO. DUBLIN : JOHN ROBERTSON. PHILADELPHIA : SMITH, ENGLISH, & CO. MDCCCLIX. " Let no man, upon a weak conceit, of sobriety or an...think or maintain that a man can search too far or he too well studied in the book^of God's word or the hook of God's worka — divinity or philosophy;... | |
| Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859 - 616 pages
...poets, he will easily believe that the highest link of nature's chain must needs be tied to the foot of Jupiter's chair. To conclude, therefore, let no...sobriety, or an ill-applied moderation, think or maintain, tli.it a man can search too far, or be too well studied in the book of God's word, ot the book of God's... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1860 - 778 pages
...poets, he will easily believe that the highest link of nature's chain must needs be tied to the foot of Jupiter's chair. To conclude, therefore, let no...think or maintain, that a man can search too far, or lie too well studied in the Book of God's word, or in the Book of God's works; divinity or philosophy;... | |
| Rolf Gruner - 1977 - 252 pages
...Learning, 'upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill— applied moderation, think or maintain that man can search too far or be too well studied in the book of God's - 51 word or in the book of God's works.1 ' This passage was chosen by Darwin to be put at the head... | |
| Maureen Quilligan - 1992 - 316 pages
..."philosophy," and "divinity." Bacon uses the metaphor of the book, but his use of it heralds a new age: Let no man upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill-applied...the book of God's works, divinity or philosophy; but rather let men endeavor an endless progress or proficience in both; only let men beware that they apply... | |
| Francis A. Schaeffer, C. Everett Koop - 1983 - 194 pages
...Bacon wrote: "To conclude, therefore, let no man out of weak conceit of sobriety, or an ill applied moderation, think or maintain that a man can search...in the book of God's word, or in the book of God's works."81 "The book of God's word" is the Bible. "The book of God's works" is the world which God has... | |
| Robert Maxwell Young - 1971 - 380 pages
...passage from Sir Francis Bacon's Advancement of Learning which helps to make this point. Bacon says, ... let no man, upon a weak conceit of sobriety, or an...be too well studied in the book of God's word, or the book of God's works, divinity or philosophy; but rather let men endeavour an endless progress,... | |
| David C. Lindberg, Ronald L. Numbers - 1986 - 538 pages
...Clarendon Press, 1973). 13 Geologists and Interpreters of Genesis in the Nineteenth Century James R. Moore Let no man upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an illapplied...the book of God's works, divinity or philosophy; but rather let men endeavor an endless progress or proficience in both; only let men beware . . . that... | |
| Charles E. Hummel - 1986 - 300 pages
...avoid unnecessary confrontations between the two messages. In 1605 Francis Bacon wrote, "Let no one think or maintain that a man can search too far or...in the book of God's Works, divinity or philosophy. . . . [We should] not unwisely mingle or confound these learnings together."1 In the first section... | |
| George Lewis Levine, Alan Rauch - 1987 - 372 pages
...(Butler: Analogy of Revealed Religion [added to 2d ed.]) To conclude, therefore, let no man out of a weak conceit of sobriety, or an ill-applied moderation,...the book of God's works; divinity or philosophy; but rather let men endeavour an endless progress or proficience in both. (Bacon: Advancement of Learning)... | |
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