 ... is good for the stone and reins ; shooting for the lungs and breast ; gentle walking for the stomach ; riding for the head ; and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away...  The Essays of Lord Bacon - Page 196by Francis Bacon - 1873 - 240 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Homer Baxter Sprague - 1874 - 456 pages
...u Abeunt studia in mores: " nay, there is no stand or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought out by fit studies ; like as diseases of the body may...riding, for the head, and the like. So, if a man's wits be wandering, let him study the mathematics ; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1874 - 700 pages
...Abeunt studia in mores"—nay, there is no stond' or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought 4 out by fit studies, like as diseases of the body may have...is good for the stone and reins,' shooting for the lunga and breast, gentle walking for the stomach, riding for the head, and the like; so, if a man's... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1874 - 100 pages
...studio, in mores"2 9 —nay, there is no stond 3 °or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought out by fit studies, like as diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises. Bowling 3 ' is good for the stone and reins, shooting 32 for the lungs and breast, gentle walking for the stomach,... | |
 | Robert Potts - 1875 - 208 pages
...the body. — Dr. Whicheote. 364. There is no stand or impediment in the wit but may be wrought out by fit studies; like as diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises. Every defect of the mind may have a special receipt. Histories make men wise ; poets, witty; the mathematics,... | |
 | Francis Henry Underwood - 1875 - 660 pages
..."Abeunt in studia mores"*— nay, there is no stond • or impediment in the wit, but may be wrought7 out by fit studies, like as diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises—bowling is good for the stone and reins, shooting for the lungs and breast, gentle walking... | |
 | Paul Richard Halmos, John Ewing, F.W. Gehring - 1991 - 336 pages
...Clara University Santa Clara, CA 95053 Some Mathematics If a man's wit be wandering, let him study mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again. — Lord Bacon Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them they translate into their... | |
 | Merriam-Webster, Inc - 1991 - 552 pages
...various parts of the body, he says "So if a Mans Wit be Wandering, let him Study the Mathematicks; For in Demonstrations, if his Wit be called away never so little, he must begin again." This wit could also be used for a function of the mind, such as memory or attention; indeed Bacon's... | |
 | C.C. Gaither, Alma E Cavazos-Gaither - 1998 - 506 pages
...it will require fresh assistance from Mathematic. The Advancement of Learning Book III, Chapter VI So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the...called away never so little, he must begin again. Bacon's Essays Of Studies Bacon, Roger There are four great sciences ... Of these sciences the gate... | |
 | Adrian Johns - 2009 - 779 pages
...Francis Bacon himself had said that there was no "impediment in the wit" that could not be "wrought out by fit studies: like as diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises." "So if a man's wit be wandering," he had advised, "let him study the mathematics." 8 Such advice was... | |
 | C.C. Gaither - 2019 - 522 pages
...human body can contain so much matter. Dictionary of Accepted Ideas 88 DISEASE Bacon, Francis . . . diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises; bowling is good for the stone and veins, shooting for the lungs and breast, gentle walking for the stomach, riding for the head and the... | |
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