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" 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. "
Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy - Page 65
by George Lillie Craik - 1846
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The History of Science and Technology: A Browser's Guide to the Great ...

Bryan H. Bunch, Alexander Hellemans - 2004 - 792 pages
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Literature and Science: Social Impact and Interaction

John H. Cartwright, Brian Baker - 2005 - 494 pages
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Francis Bacon and the Refiguring of Early Modern Thought: Essays to ...

Julie Robin Solomon, Catherine Gimelli Martin - 2005 - 284 pages
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Culture and Materialism

Raymond Williams - 2005 - 292 pages
...perfection of all good fashions, humanitye and civile gentilnesse [More— first English translation, 1551]; the end of our foundation is the knowledge of causes...human empire, to the effecting of all things possible [Bacon, 1627]. It can be agreed that the two fictions exemplify the difference between a willed general...
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Solomon's Treasure: The Magic and Mystery of America's Money

Tracy R. Twyman - 2005 - 248 pages
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The Cambridge History of Seventeenth-Century Music

Tim Carter, John Butt - 2005 - 636 pages
...publicly funded research institute dedicated to the cooperative study of God's works, the aim of which was 'knowledge of Causes, and secret motions of things;...bounds of Human Empire, to the effecting of all things possible'.21 Thus as well as dealing with causes (which are addressed more fully in Sylva sylvarum),...
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The Active Society Revisited

Wilson C. McWilliams - 2006 - 366 pages
...College of Six Days," Bacon wrote that "the End of our Foundation is the knowledge of Causes, and the secret motions of things; and the enlarging of the...Empire, to the effecting of all things possible." 17. Francis Bacon, The Philosophical Works of Francis Bacon. Ed. JM Robertson (London: George Routledge...
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Democratic Faith

Patrick Deneen - 2009 - 389 pages
...College of Six Days," Bacon wrote that, "the End 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."97 The discovery of "secret motions" and subsequent inventions that improve upon nature's...
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Thinking Utopia: Steps Into Other Worlds

Jörn Rüsen, Michael Fehr, Thomas Rieger - 2005 - 328 pages
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Energy: Engine of Evolution

Frank Niele - 2005 - 224 pages
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