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... greater than it is ; and that much of what they now admire as originality and profound wisdom , would appear , if translated into common language , to be mere com- mon - place matter . Many a work of this description may remind one of ...
... greater than it is ; and that much of what they now admire as originality and profound wisdom , would appear , if translated into common language , to be mere com- mon - place matter . Many a work of this description may remind one of ...
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... conceit , and a still greater craving for admiration , will often acquire a kind of trick of dressing up in a new and striking and paradoxical form , much that has in it PREFACE . xiii OF GOODNESS, AND GOODNESS OF NATURE.
... conceit , and a still greater craving for admiration , will often acquire a kind of trick of dressing up in a new and striking and paradoxical form , much that has in it PREFACE . xiii OF GOODNESS, AND GOODNESS OF NATURE.
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... greater works , and of the mistakes - which are not few or unimportant -that prevail respecting them , would be altogether unsuited to this Work . But it may be worth while to introduce two brief remarks on that subject . ( 1. ) The ...
... greater works , and of the mistakes - which are not few or unimportant -that prevail respecting them , would be altogether unsuited to this Work . But it may be worth while to introduce two brief remarks on that subject . ( 1. ) The ...
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... greater firmness than the foundation on which it rests ; and thus they of course failed of arriving at true con- clusions ; for , the most accurate reasoning is of no avail , if you have not well - established facts and principles to ...
... greater firmness than the foundation on which it rests ; and thus they of course failed of arriving at true con- clusions ; for , the most accurate reasoning is of no avail , if you have not well - established facts and principles to ...
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... greater than their ignorance of facts . Now , to attempt remedying this defect by imparting to them additional know- ledge , ―to confer the advantage of wider experience on those who have not skill in profiting by experience , is to ...
... greater than their ignorance of facts . Now , to attempt remedying this defect by imparting to them additional know- ledge , ―to confer the advantage of wider experience on those who have not skill in profiting by experience , is to ...
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Bacon's Essays, With Annotations by R. Whately Francis Bacon (visct St Albans ) Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2019 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 485 - 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.
Seite 3 - Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.
Seite 181 - It were better to have no opinion of God at all, than such an Opinion as is unworthy of him : for the one is unbelief, the other is contumely : and certainly superstition is the reproach of the Deity. Plutarch saith well to that purpose :
Seite 566 - Judges ought to be more learned than witty ; more reverend than plausible ; and more advised than confident. Above all things, integrity is their portion and proper virtue.
Seite 486 - Bowling is good for the stone and reins ; shooting for the lungs and breast ; gentle walking for the stomach ; riding for the head ; and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics ; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again.
Seite 359 - Discretion of speech is more than eloquence ; and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal, is more than to speak in good words or in good order.
Seite 70 - Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.
Seite 73 - Egypt: behold, they cover the face of the earth, and they abide over against me: come now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for me: peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.
Seite 1 - One of the later school of the Grecians examineth the matter, and is at a stand to think what should be in it, that men should love lies, where neither they make for pleasure, as with poets, nor for advantage, as with the merchant; but for the lie's sake.
Seite 114 - Men in great place are thrice servants : servants of the sovereign or state ; servants of fame; and servants of business : so as they have no freedom, neither in their persons, nor in their actions, nor in their times. It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.