 MAN, as the minister and Interpreter of Nature, does and understands as much as his observations on the Order of Nature, either with regard to things or the mind, permit him, and neither knows nor is capable of more.  Works - Page 345by Francis Bacon - 1841Full view - About this book
 | Young Men's Christian Associations (London, England) - 1857 - 564 pages
..." is this : — " Man, as the minister and interpreter of nature, performs and understands just so much as his observations on the order of nature, either...permit him, and neither knows nor is capable of more." There is indeed a law of our mind by which it is natural to us to arrange and group in systematic form... | |
 | Delia Salter Bacon - 1857 - 706 pages
...obedience to their orders, which they had not from man, and taking no note of his. ' For man, as the interpreter of nature, does, and understands as much as his observations ON THE ORDER OF THINGS, or THE MIND, permits him, and neither knows nor is capable of more.' ' Man, while operating,... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1857 - 612 pages
...enjoyment, but of the common affairs and fortune of mankind, and of a complete power of action. For man, as the minister and interpreter of nature does, and understands, as much as he has observed of the order, operation, and mind of nature; and neither knows nor is able to do more.... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1858 - 272 pages
...We will cite a few; the reader will know how to beat wisdom out of every one by hearty reflection. " 1. Man, as the minister and interpreter of Nature,...with regard to things or the mind, permit him, and is incapable of more. " 2. There are, and can be but two ways of investigating and discovering truth.... | |
 | 1858 - 688 pages
...dwell on the philosophical character of this attitude, for (1) It accepts the Baconian Aphorism, that " man, as the minister and interpreter of nature, does...the order of nature, either with regard to things or to the mind, permit him, and neither knows nor is capable of more :" (2) As a consequence, it acknowledges... | |
 | Edwin Paxton Hood - 1858 - 276 pages
...very first paragraph of Lord Bacon's " Novum," already cited, is an era in the History of Science. " Man, as the minister and interpreter of Nature does, and understands as much, as his own observations on the order of Nature, either with regard to things, or the mind permit him, and... | |
 | 1858 - 590 pages
...understands as much as his observations on the order of nature, either with regard to things or to the mind, permit him, and neither knows nor is capable of more :" (2) As a consequence, it acknowledges that, because of the imperfection of man's faculties, there will... | |
 | 1858 - 688 pages
...Phil., p. 117. Spinoza, Ibid., p. 126. Jacobi, Ibid., p. 597. Comte, Syst Phil. Pos., vol. i, p. 7. "Man, as the minister and interpreter of nature, does and understands as mnch as his observations on the order of nature, either with regard to things or the mind, permit him,... | |
 | Margaret Fison - 1859 - 242 pages
...deductive & priori science began to pass away. " Man," writes Bacon, in some of his grand aphorisms, " as the minister and interpreter of nature, does and...permit him, and neither knows nor is capable of more." " The sole cause and root of almost every defect in the Sciences is this, that while we falsely admire... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859 - 628 pages
...SECOND PART, DIGESTED IN APHORISMS. APHORISMS ON THE INTERPRETATION OF NATURE AND THE EMPIRE OF MAN. MAN, as the minister and interpreter of nature, does and understands as much as his obseron the order of nature, either with regard to things or the mind, permit him, and neither knows... | |
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