 ... 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
 | Nathaniel Holmes - 1867 - 636 pages
...entrance of philosophy," he continues, " when the second 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... | |
 | Nathaniel Holmes - 1867 - 670 pages
...that " 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...it may induce some oblivion of the highest cause." There were also to be in this Solomon's House, " houses of deceits of the senses ; where we represent... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1868 - 458 pages
...Philosophie, when the second Causes, which are next vntothe sences, do olfer themselues to the minde of Man, if it dwell and stay there, it may induce some ebliuion of the highest cause ; but when a man passeth on further, and seeth the dependence of causes,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1869 - 446 pages
...For in the entrance o|' philosophy, when the second 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... | |
 | Fulke Greville (Baron Brooke) - 1870 - 252 pages
...to Homer, Iliad, viii. 19. and Mr. Wright also gives Plato, Theaet, i. 153 c. Bacon's words are, " the allegory of the poets, he will easily believe, that the highest link of nature's chain need be tied to the foot of Jupiter's chair " : and " The heathen themselves conclude as much in that... | |
 | Fulke Greville (Baron Brooke) - 1870 - 290 pages
...to Homer, Iliad, viii. 19. and Mr. AV right also gives Plate, Theaet, i. 163 e. Baeon's words are, "the allegory of the poets, he will easily believe, that the highest link of nature's ehain need bo tied to the foot of Jupiter's ehair " : and " The heathen themselves eonelude as mneh... | |
 | American Whig Society - 1871 - 290 pages
...the mind dwell and stay there, it may indeed induce some oblivion of the highest cause ; " but where a man passeth on farther, and seeth the dependence...must needs be tied to the foot of Jupiter's chair.", No ! depend upon it, religion has nothing to fear from learning. Ignorance is her most dangerous foe.... | |
 | George Berkeley - 1871 - 528 pages
...Fire, itself connected as an effect with the Supreme Active Intelligence. So Bacon : — • When a man seeth the dependence of causes, and the works of Providence,...must needs be tied to the foot of Jupiter's chair.' — (Adv. a/Learning,?. 1 2.) * I have not seen this work. I am indebted for an account of it to Dr.... | |
 | Nicholas Bishop - 1871 - 408 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...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... | |
 | Lucius Edwin Smith, Henry Griggs Weston - 1873 - 522 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...must needs be tied to the foot of Jupiter's chair. I do not here charge the excluding of God from the universe upon the two originators of the natural... | |
| |
