 For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby; but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings...  Character of Lord Bacon: His Life and Work ... - Page 115by Thomas Martin - 1835 - 367 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon - 1868 - 786 pages
...his spirit. For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby. — Adv. of Learning, Bk. I. Works, III. •285. ESSAY p. 85, 1. 3. " Certainly," etc. : Lat. ut alibi... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1869 - 446 pages
...man, if it work upon matter, whipb.ia. the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh.according to the stuff and is limited thereby; but if it work...of thread and work, but of no substance or profit. 6. This same unprofitable subtility or curiosity is of two sorts; either in the subject itself that... | |
 | John Gibson Cazenove - 1869 - 216 pages
...time, did, out of no great quan" tity of matter and infinite agitation of wit, spin out " laborious cobwebs of learning, admirable for the " fineness...thread and work, but of no substance " or profit." * In this, as in other matters, some change was imperatively needed. It came. It came, as often happens,... | |
 | David Daiches - 1979 - 304 pages
...the 1930's: ' "For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff and...of thread and work but of no substance or profit." The Advancement of Learning is in two books : the first states and answers arguments that have been... | |
 | Joseph Needham, Ling Wang - 1956 - 746 pages
...their books. For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff,...thereby; but if it work upon itself, as the spider a Ie ratiocination not modified by the humble observation of nature. Cf. Farrington (14). b A most... | |
 | Alan Holland - 1985 - 364 pages
...disastrous: For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff,...work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then is it endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and... | |
 | Leonard R. N. Ashley - 1988 - 330 pages
...their books. For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff and...of thread and work, but of no substance or profit. This same unprofitable subtility or curiosity is of two sorts; either in the subject itself that they... | |
 | Will Durant - 1965 - 736 pages
...subtlety, but not wisdom. "The wit and mind of man," as Bacon put it, "if it work upon the matter, worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby;...the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and bringeth forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no... | |
 | Brian Lawn - 1993 - 194 pages
...their books. For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff and...fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit".8 One is reminded of the words of the twelfth-century fitienne de Tournai, quoted earlier,... | |
 | Alan Barcan - 1993 - 436 pages
...learning which are extant in their books. For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter . . . worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby;...but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh its web, then it is endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness... | |
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