 ... in the entrance of philosophy, when the second causes, which are next unto the senses, do offer themselves to the mind of man, if it dwell and stay there it may induce some oblivion of the highest cause; but when a man passeth on...  Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy - Page 36by George Lillie Craik - 1846Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Pearson - 1854 - 640 pages
...When a man," says Bacon, "seeth the dependence of causes and the 1 Indications of the Creator, p. 8. works of Providence, then, according to the allegory...must needs be tied to the foot of Jupiter's chair." Having interposed in a miraculous manner at the creation of the world, it is reasonable to believe... | |
 | Thomas Pearson - 1854 - 630 pages
...When a man/' says Bacon, "seeth the dependence of causes and the 1 Indications of the Creator, p. 8. works of Providence, then, according to the allegory...that the highest link of nature's chain must needs be tiedf to the foot of Jupiter's chair." Having interposed in a miraculous manner at the creation of... | |
 | John Harris - 1854 - 498 pages
...and seeth the dependence of causes, »nd the works of Providence ; then, according to the allegory if the poets, he will easily believe that the highest...must needs be tied to the foot of Jupiter's chair."" * Advancement of Learning;, BI This sagacious truth id admirably developed and illustrated in Dr. Whcwell's... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1854 - 894 pages
...for in the entrance of philosophy, when the second causes, which are next unto the senses, do offer y ; that the schoolmen were like astronomers, which did feign ecc inductsome oblivion of the highest cause : but when *a man passeth on farther, and seeth the dependence... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1859 - 850 pages
...for in the entrance of philosophy, when the second causes, which are next unto the senses, do offer themselves to the mind of man, if it dwell and stay...highest link of nature's chain must needs be tied to the foqt of Jupiter's chair. To conclude therefore, let no man, upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill-applied... | |
 | John Campbell (1st baron.) - 1857 - 426 pages
...for in the entrance of philosophy, when the second causes, which are next unto the senses, do ofler themselves to the mind of man, if it dwell and stay...oblivion of the highest cause ; but when a man passeth on further, and seeth the dependence of causes and the works P " Verisimile est lunam in themate ejus... | |
 | 1857 - 640 pages
...from the Golden Chain With which that THING OF THINGS* bound in the world." Bacon has : " When a man seeth the dependence of causes, and the works of Providence,...poets, he will easily believe that the highest link of Nature* » chain must needs be tied to the foot of Jupiter's chair." — Adc. of Learning, 1828, p.... | |
 | 1857 - 566 pages
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 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1857 - 426 pages
...convaluit." — repentino animi deliquio correptus fuit: id- Rau-ley. CHAP. LVI. CHARGE OF INFIDELITY. 143 of Providence,— then, according to the allegory...highest link of Nature's chain must needs be tied to the fodt of Jupiter's chair." 1 He certainly received a most pious education ; and if his early religious... | |
 | Young Men's Christian Associations (London, England) - 1857 - 564 pages
...for in the entrance of philosophy, when the several causes, which are next unto the senses, do offer themselves to the mind of man, if it dwell and stay...oblivion of the Highest Cause ; but when a man passeth on further, and seeth the dependence of causes and the works of Providence, then, according to the allegory... | |
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