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" ... it were good to divide natural philosophy into the mine and the furnace, and to make two professions or occupations of natural philosophers, some to be pioneers, and some smiths ; some to dig, and some to refine and hammer: and surely I do best allow... "
The Works of Francis Bacon: Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Albans, and Lord ... - Page 96
by Francis Bacon - 1824
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 1

Francis Bacon - 1850 - 590 pages
...into the mine and furnace ; and to make two professions or occupations of natural philosophers, some e have also a mathematical house, where are represented all instruments, as well of geometry as prudence. For as in civil matters there is a wisdom of discourse, and a wisdom of direction ; so is...
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The two books of Francis Bacon: of the proficience and advancement of ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1852 - 238 pages
...the mine and the furnace : and to make two professions or occupations of natural philosophers, some to be pioneers and some smiths ; some to dig, and...speculative, and operative; natural science, and natural prudence. For as in civil matters there is a wisdom of discourse, and a wisdom of direction ; so is...
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Philosophical works

Francis Bacon - 1854 - 894 pages
...the mine and the furnace, and to make two professions or occupations of natural philosophers, some hR to allow of a division of that kind, though in more familiar and scholastical terras : namely, 'hat...
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Works: Collected and Edited by James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis ..., Volume 3

Francis Bacon - 1859 - 852 pages
...the furnace, and to make two professions or occupations of natural philosophers, some to be pioners and some smiths; some to dig, and some to refine and...Speculative, and Operative; Natural Science, and Natural Prudence. For as in civil matters there is a wisdom of discourse and a wisdom of direction; so is it...
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The Works of Francis Bacon: Philosophical works

Francis Bacon (Viscount St. Albans) - 1857 - 856 pages
...the furnace,and to make two professions or occupations of natural philosophers, some to be pioners and some smiths ; some to dig, and some to refine...Speculative, and Operative ; Natural Science, and Natural Prudence. For as in civil matters there is a wisdom of discourse and a wisdom of direction ; so is...
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Works: Collected and Edited by James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis ..., Volume 3

Francis Bacon - 1857 - 854 pages
...the furnace,and to make two professions or occupations of natural philosophers, some to be pioners and some smiths ; some to dig, and some to refine...Speculative, and Operative ; Natural Science, and Natural Prudence. For as in civil matters there is a wisdom of discourse and a wisdom of direction ; so is...
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The Works of Francis Bacon ...: Translations of the philosophical works

Francis Bacon - 1858 - 522 pages
...in familiar and scholastical terms ; namely, that the doctrine of Natural Philosophy be divided into the Inquisition of Causes, and the Production of Effects ; Speculative and Operative. The one searching into the bowels of nature, the other shaping nature as on an anvil. And though I...
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The Works, Volume 3

Francis Bacon - 1859 - 856 pages
...the furnace, and to make two professions or occupations of natural philosophers, some to be pioners and some smiths ; some to dig, and some to refine...Speculative, and Operative ; Natural Science, and Natural Prudence. For as in civil matters there is a wisdom of discourse and a wisdom of direction ; so is...
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The Works, Volume 4

Francis Bacon - 1858 - 516 pages
...in familiar and scholastical terms; namely, that the doctrine of Natural Philosophy be divided into the Inquisition of Causes, and the Production of Effects; Speculative and Operative. The one searching into the bowels of nature, the other shaping nature as on an anvil. And though I...
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The Philosophical Works of Francis Bacon, with Prefaces and Notes ..., Volume 3

Francis Bacon - 1861 - 860 pages
...the furnace, and to make two professions or occupations of natural philosophers, some to be pioners and some smiths ; some to dig, and some to refine...Speculative, and Operative ; Natural Science, and Natural Prudence. For as in civil matters there is a wisdom of discourse and a wisdom of direction ; so is...
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