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" 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... "
The Works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord ... - Page 30
by Francis Bacon - 1826
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Text-book of Prose: From Burke, Webster, and Bacon : with Notes, and ...

Henry Norman Hudson - 1876 - 660 pages
...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...of no substance or profit. This same unprofitable subtilty or curiosity is of two sorts ; either in the subject itself that they handle, when it is a...
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Bacon: The Advancement of Learning

Francis Bacon - 1876 - 504 pages
...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...as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and_ brings jbrth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable^ £or^.llie_,fia£fl£SS. of thread and work,...
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The Inductive Method of Christian Inquiry: An Essay

Percy Strutt - 1877 - 480 pages
...may be a true worship of a false God, or that a true science may be constructed out of false facts. and is limited thereby ; but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh bis web, then it is endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness...
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A Critical History of English Literature: Shakespeare to Milton, Volume 2

David Daiches - 1979 - 304 pages
...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...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...
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Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 2, History of Scientific Thought

Joseph Needham, Ling Wang - 1956 - 746 pages
...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 a Ie ratiocination not modified by the humble observation of nature. Cf. Farrington (14). b A most...
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Philosophy, its History and Historiography

Alan Holland - 1985 - 364 pages
...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...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...
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The Story of Philosophy

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; but...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...
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The Rise and Decline of the Scholastic "Qauaestio Disputata": With Special ...

Brian Lawn - 1993 - 194 pages
...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...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,...
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Sociological Theory and Educational Reality: Education and Society in ...

Alan Barcan - 1993 - 436 pages
...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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Science and the Secrets of Nature: Books of Secrets in Medieval and Early ...

William Eamon - 1996 - 514 pages
...dissolved into useless speculation. Like the spider that works on its own web, traditional philosophy "is endless, and brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning,...fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit."19 The problem was that philosophy had lost sight of the proper criterion of truth. As in the...
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