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Página viii
... opinion absolutely , would require almost supernatural en- dowments , and a universal acquaintance with the famous characters of all countries . It would involve the collation of eras and cycles ; it would be , to raise the dead and ...
... opinion absolutely , would require almost supernatural en- dowments , and a universal acquaintance with the famous characters of all countries . It would involve the collation of eras and cycles ; it would be , to raise the dead and ...
Página viii
... opinion we have commented upon , speaks positively as to Bacon being " the greatest genius that England " has produced , and doubtfully as to the rest of the world . But the qualified saying ( notwithstanding Mr. Hume's sneer at English ...
... opinion we have commented upon , speaks positively as to Bacon being " the greatest genius that England " has produced , and doubtfully as to the rest of the world . But the qualified saying ( notwithstanding Mr. Hume's sneer at English ...
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... opinion , overt sedi- tion from simple non - uniformity ; and proceed on this monstrous conclusion to take measures for punishing the holders of the doctrine as if it had been reduced to practice , the opinion as if it had brought forth ...
... opinion , overt sedi- tion from simple non - uniformity ; and proceed on this monstrous conclusion to take measures for punishing the holders of the doctrine as if it had been reduced to practice , the opinion as if it had brought forth ...
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... opinion was that pope Julius was too dear , and that the king would not come to his rates . But it is more probable that that pope , who was extremely jealous of the dignity of the see of Rome , and of the acts thereof , knowing that ...
... opinion was that pope Julius was too dear , and that the king would not come to his rates . But it is more probable that that pope , who was extremely jealous of the dignity of the see of Rome , and of the acts thereof , knowing that ...
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... opinion , but also a false notion or expectation of what is to follow , proves sufficient to give a prejudice . We must , therefore , next endeavour to establish a just and true opinion of the thing we intend , though this opinion be ...
... opinion , but also a false notion or expectation of what is to follow , proves sufficient to give a prejudice . We must , therefore , next endeavour to establish a just and true opinion of the thing we intend , though this opinion be ...
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Página 261 - ... the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making or wooing of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature.
Página 273 - I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind.
Página xxii - I hold every man a debtor to his profession; from the which, as men of course do seek to receive countenance and profit, so ought they of duty to endeavor themselves, by way of amends, to be a help and ornament thereunto.
Página 4 - To conclude therefore, let no man, upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill-applied moderation, think or maintain that a man can search too far or be too well studied in the book of God's word or in the book of God's works ; divinity or philosophy; but rather let men endeavour an endless progress or proficience in both...
Página liii - For men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation; and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction; and most times for lucre and profession; and seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of men...
Página 274 - Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation; all which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, though religion were not; but superstition dismounts all these, and erecteth an absolute monarchy in the minds of men...
Página viii - Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
Página 301 - STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots, and marshalling of affairs come best from those that are learned.
Página 301 - Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them ; for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them and above them, won by observation.
Página 266 - He that hath wife and children, hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.