 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 590 pages
...impatience of doubt, and haste to assertion without due and mature suspension of judgment. For the two ways of contemplation are not unlike the two ways...will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts ; hut if he will be. content to begin with doubts he shall end in eertainties. Another error is in... | |
 | Adam Sedgwick - 1850 - 786 pages
...impatience of doubt, and haste to ascertain without due and mature suspension of judgment. For the two ways of contemplation are not unlike the two ways...if a man will begin with certainties, he shall end with doubts ; but if he be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties." If these be... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1851 - 376 pages
...impatience of doubt, and hafte to aflertion without due and mature fufpenfion of judgment. For the two ways of contemplation are not unlike the two ways of action, commonly fpoken of by the Ancients ; the one plain and fmooth in the beginning, and in the end impaflable ;... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1852 - 580 pages
...impatience of doubt, and haste to assertion without due and mature suspension of judgment. For the two ways of contemplation are not unlike the two ways...begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts ; but if he will be content to begin- with doubts he shall end in certainties. BOOK I. compendious treatises... | |
 | sir Thomas Browne - 1852 - 568 pages
...and mature supension of the judgment, is an error in the conduct of the understanding. For the two ways of contemplation are not unlike the two ways of action, commonly spoken of by the ancients ; of which the one was a plain and smooth way in the beginning, but in the end impassable ; — the... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - 1852 - 582 pages
...and mature supension of the judgment, is an error in the conduct of the understanding. For the two ways of contemplation are not unlike the two ways of action, commonly spoken of by the ancients ; of which the one was a plain and smooth way in the beginning, but in the end impassable ; — the... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - 1852 - 574 pages
...: mature supension of the judgment, is an error in the conduct of ' the understanding. For the two ways of contemplation are not [. unlike the two ways of action, commonly spoken of by the j ancients ; of which the one was a plain and smooth way in the „ beginning, but in the end impassable... | |
 | Benjamin Morgan Cowie - 1853 - 286 pages
...and not with the Pyrrhonists — although nothing human is to be laid down with absolute certainty. ' If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts,' says Lord Bacon l. Happy shall it be for all of us, if the contrary be verified in our case, if a wise... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1854 - 894 pages
...impatience of doubt, and haste to assertion without due and mature suspension of judgment. For the two him than he doth of himself. 32. The world will sometimes...owned him for a saint. 33. His death makes not an end if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. Another error is in the manner... | |
 | John Wilson - 1855 - 532 pages
...impatience of doubt, and haste to assertion without due and mature suspension of judgment. For the two ways of contemplation are not unlike the two ways...and troublesome in the entrance, but after a while feir and even. So it is in contemplation : if a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts... | |
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... if a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts ; but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties. 
