 | C. Gough - 1853 - 414 Seiten
...use ; that is a wisdom without them, and won by observation. Read not to contradict, nor to believe, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1854 - 894 Seiten
...contemn studies; simple men admire them ; and wise men use them : for they teach not their own use : foot in height, by which you may go in shade into...the house, on that side which the garden stands, to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested ; that is, some books are to be read only in... | |
 | 1854 - 862 Seiten
...studies, simple men admire, and wise men use thenr; for they teach not their own use; but that '.here is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation....and consider. 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... | |
 | David Bates Tower, Cornelius Walker - 1854 - 440 Seiten
...wise men learn by observation. Read not to contradict and refute, not to believe and take for granted, but to weigh and consider. 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... | |
 | 1855 - 396 Seiten
...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,...to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, other to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books arc to be read only... | |
 | Will Durant - 1965 - 736 Seiten
...men condemn 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."19 Here is a new note, which marks the end of scholasticism — ie, the divorce of knowledge... | |
 | B. H. G. Wormald - 1993 - 436 Seiten
...his adherence is not servile and questionless. His injunctions in Of Studies (version of 1625) are: 'Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe...and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others are to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested ; that is, some books are to be read only... | |
 | B. H. G. Wormald - 1993 - 436 Seiten
...perfect Nature, and are perfected by Experience... they teach not their own use, but that [? there] is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict nor to believe, but to weigh and consider...67 Of Studies' first part as said is unchanged in 1612... | |
 | Ula C. Manzo, Anthony V. Manzo - 1993 - 662 Seiten
...scholar. . . . Read not to contradict or confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. . . . Reading maketh a full person; conference... | |
 | Robert Barrass - 1995 - 212 Seiten
...expressed themselves clearly and simply. Francis Bacon (1561-1626) in Of Studies, an essay, wrote: Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe...to weigh and consider. . . . 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... | |
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Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested... 
