 ... 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
 | Francis Bacon - 1844 - 610 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...according to the allegory of the poets, he will easily beHere that the highest link of nature's chain must needs be tied to the foot of Jupiter's chair. To... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1844 - 610 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...some oblivion of the highest cause ; but when a man passetli on farther, and seeth the dependence of causes, and the works of Providence, then, according... | |
 | John Campbell Baron Campbell - 1845 - 672 pages
...and stay there, it may induce some oblivion of the highest cause ; but when a man passeth on further, and seeth the dependence of causes and the works of...must needs be tied to the foot of Jupiter's chair."* He certainly received a most pious education ; and if his early religious impressions were for a time... | |
 | Basil Montagu, Hannah Mary Rathbone - 1845 - 396 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 Campbell Baron Campbell - 1847 - 548 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 * Rawley. Oh for a Boswell to have recorded the conversation, when he had Raleigh, Ben Jonson, Selden,... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1848 - 654 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...dependence of causes, and the works of Providence, then, accordmg to the allegory of the poets, he will easily believe that the highest link of nature's chain... | |
 | George Sandby - 1848 - 394 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...there, it may induce some oblivion of the Highest Cause ;" whether this be correct, I know not ; but it is a common remark, that they, who by the habitual... | |
 | John Harris - 1849 - 526 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...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... | |
 | 1916 - 690 pages
...to their hairs. Op. Bacon, 'Adv. of Learning,' l". i. 3 : " 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." 1. 38. U'hat Lawes, Armes and Pride. — Query " What Lawles Armes," &c., or " What Lawes and Armes,"... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 590 pages
...for in the entrance of philosophy, when the second causes, which are next unto the senses, do oner themselves to the mind of man, if it dwell and stay...must needs be tied to the foot of Jupiter's chair." §3. THE COLOURS OF GOOD AND EVIL. This tract was published by Lord Bacon in 1597,1 and has been repeatedly... | |
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