...received he subsequently dwelt upon with sharp criticism, referring to his masters and fellows as— " Men of sharp and strong wits, and abundance of leisure,...a few authors, chiefly Aristotle, their dictator. And, knowing little history, either of nature or time, did, out of no great quantity of matter and...

...quality.' And he adds that degenerate learning prevailed among the schoolmen just because, having ' sharp and strong wits, and abundance of leisure and...knowing little history, either of nature or time,' they spun laborious webs of learning out of no great quantity of matter. We know how Erasmus, struck...

...schoolmen, who — having sharp and strong wits, and abundance of leisure, and small variety of reading, but their wits being shut up in the cells of a few authors...Aristotle their dictator), as their persons were shut np in the cells of monasteries and colleges, and knowing little history, either of nature or time—...

...schoolmen, who — having sharp and strong wits and abundance of leisure and small variety of reading, but their wits being shut up in the cells of a few authors...shut up in the cells of monasteries and colleges, and having little history, either of nature or of time — did, out of no great quantity of matter and...

...schoolmen, who — having sharp and strong wits, and abundance of leisure, and small variety of reading, but their wits being shut up in the cells of a few authors...quantity of matter and infinite agitation of wit, spin out unto us those laborious webs of learning which are extant in their books. For the wit and mind...

...schoolmen : who having sharp and strong wits, and abundance of leisure, and small variety of reading, (but their wits being shut up in the cells of a few authors,...persons were shut up in the cells of monasteries and 10 colleges,) and knowing little history, either of nature or time, did, out of no great quantity of...

...strong wits and abundance of leisure and small variety of reading ; but their wits being shut up m the cells of a few authors (chiefly Aristotle, their...dictator) as their persons were shut up in the cells of their monasteries and colleges, and knowing little history, either of nature or time, did out of no...

...writings of Aristotle, but was convinced of their inadequacy. Writing of this period he says : " Amid men of sharp and strong wits, and abundance of leisure,...chiefly Aristotle, their dictator, as their persons are shut up in the cells of monasteries and colleges; and who knowing little history, either of nature...

...Aristotle, their dictator, as their persons are shut up in the cells of monasteries and colleges; and who knowing little history, either of nature or time,...cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of the thread and work, but of no substance or profit." The checkered career of Bacon is extraneous to...

...powerful minds but with little substantial knowledge. He found himself, at Cambridge, England, 'amid men of sharp and strong wits, and abundance of leisure,...being shut up in the cells of a few authors, chiefly Formal logic is not so different in principle from chess or backgammon; it has rules of its own, and...