... 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
| Max freiherr von Waldberg - 1913 - 374 pages
...%f>vaEÍr¡ Homers (Ilias VIII, 19) findet sich Adv. of L. p. 10. „But when a man passeth on further, and seeth the dependence of causes, and the works...must needs be tied to the foot of Jupiter's chair." Und ib. p. 109: „'Da fidei quae fidei sunt.' For the heathen themselves conclude as much in that... | |
| Alfred Tennyson Baron Tennyson - 1914 - 476 pages
...Rowe and Webb quote Bacon, Advancement of Learning, i. 1 : ' According to the allegory of the poets, the highest link of Nature's chain must needs be tied to the foot of Jupiter's chair.' 258. Avilion : or Avalon, a legendary island in the Western Ocean and the kingdom of Morgan le Fay.... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1915 - 272 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...induce some oblivion of the highest cause; but when a mafT"| passeth on farther, and seeth the dependence of causes, and j the works of ProvidenceT then,... | |
| 1922 - 528 pages
...philosophy, when thé second causes, which are next unlo thé sensés, do oifer themselves to thé mind of man, if it dwell and stay there, it may induce some oblivion of thé highest cause ; but when a man passeth on farther, and seeth thé dépendance of causes and thé... | |
| Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - 1925 - 1124 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...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... | |
| John Bigelow - 1927 - 192 pages
...next unto the senses," says Lord Bacon, "do offer themselves to the mind of man, if it stay and dwell there, it may induce some oblivion of the highest...passeth on farther and seeth the dependence of causes on the ends of Providence; then according to the allegory of the poets he will easily believe that... | |
| Harold Bayley - 1912 - 394 pages
...passeth on farther and beholds the dependency, continuation and confederacy of causes, and the workes of Providence, then, according to the allegory of the Poets, he will easily believe that the highest linke of Nature's chains must needs be tyed to the foot of Jupiter's chaire." Tennyson expresses this... | |
| Erik C. W. Krabbe, Renée José Dalitz, Pier A. Smit - 1993 - 360 pages
...Nature, Scala Naturae, a ladder which could be ascended. And as the poets quoted by Francis Bacon said, 'the highest link of nature's chain must needs be tied to the foot of Jupiter's chair.' 4 As an almost inevitable consequence of the parallels between knowledge and morality we find that... | |
| Joyce Oldham Appleby - 1996 - 578 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...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... | |
| Alexander Whyte - 1998 - 320 pages
...together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity. Then, according to the allegory of the poets, he mil easily believe that the highest link of nature's chain...must needs be tied to the foot of Jupiter's chair." We speak in that large and general way about what we call great students and great thinkers and great... | |
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