 | Francis Bacon - 1855 - 424 pages
...certe ?2 Cf. supr. I. 89. To this objection an answer is to be found in such sayings of Bacon's as " If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end...to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties." Adv. of Learning, p. 51. 73 In thiK Bacon must have had the dpuvt1a of Socrates before his eyes. See... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1855 - 456 pages
...Cf. supr. I. 89. To this objection an answer is to be found in such sayings of Bacon's as " If a roan will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts...to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties." Adv. of Learning, p. 51. 73 In this Bacon must have had the tlpwvtia of Socrates before his eyes. See... | |
 | Mrs. Jameson (Anna) - 1855 - 398 pages
...suspension of the judgment, is an error in the conduct of the understanding." " In contemplation, if a man begin with certainties he shall end in doubts, but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shull end in certainties." Well said and profoundly true. This is a celebrated and often-cited passage;... | |
 | Half hours - 1856 - 676 pages
...troublesome in the entrance, but after awhile fair and even : so it is in contemplation ; if a man will begiu with certainties, he shall end in doubts ; but, if...delivery of knowledge, which is for the most part magistral and peremptory, and not ingenuous and faithful ; in a sort as may be soonest believed, and... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1857 - 854 pages
...rough and troublesome in the entrance, but after a while fair and even. So it is in contemplation ; if a man will begin with certainties, he shall end...delivery ^,of knowledge, which is for the most part magistral and peremptory, and not ingenuous and faithful ; in a sort as may be soonest believed, and... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1859 - 852 pages
...rough and troublesome in the entrance, but after a while fair and even. So it is in contemplation; if a man will begin with certainties, he shall end...delivery of knowledge, which is for the most part magistral and peremptory, and not ingenuous and faithful; in a sort as may be soonest believed, and... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1857 - 900 pages
...rough and troublesome in the entrance, but after a while fair and even. So it is in contemplation ; if a man will begin with certainties, he shall end...doubts, he shall end in certainties. Another error is iu the manner of the tradition and delivery of knowledge, which is for the most part magistral and... | |
 | Francis Bacon (Viscount St. Albans) - 1857 - 856 pages
...rough and troublesome in the entrance, but after a while fair and even. So it is in contemplation ; if a man will begin with certainties, he shall end...doubts, he shall end in certainties. Another error is iu the manner of the tradition and delivery of knowledge, which is for the most part magistral and... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1859 - 856 pages
...rough and troublesome in the entrance, but after a while fair and even. So it is in contemplation ; if a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts ; but if he Avill be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. Another error is iu the manner... | |
 | 1860 - 782 pages
...expressed, in the words of the illustrious sage himself, to be found in the Advancement of Learning, "If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end...begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties."* By guarding the mind so rigidly against false impressions, his philosophy inevitably has this tendency,... | |
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So it is in contemplation; 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. 
