 | Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Samuel Wells Williams - 1839 - 674 páginas
...his attention. What au able peu recently wrote of England previous to Bacon's time, is apposite here. "The ancient philosophy disdained to be useful, and...to the attainment of unattainable frames of mind." — Just so it has been in China. " The wise man lives according to nature. Instead of attempting to... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 336 páginas
...Bacon's philosophy was its direct opposition to all that had previously existed under the same name. " The ancient philosophy disdained to be useful, and...sublime that they never could be more than theories." Bacon's, on the contrary, was essentially a philosophy of utility and progress ; he thought the fruit... | |
 | Robert Sears - 1844 - 514 páginas
...that philosophy was its direct antagonism to all that had previously existed under the same name. " The ancient philosophy disdained to be useful, and...sublime that they never could be more than theories." Bacon's, on the contrary, was essentially a philosophy of utility and progress — he thought the '... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 680 páginas
...Bacon's philosophy was its direct opposition to all that had previously existed under the same name. " The ancient philosophy disdained to be useful, and...sublime that they never could be more than theories." Bacon's, on the contrary, was essentially a philosophy of utility and progress ; he thought the fruit... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1846 - 782 páginas
...legislation, in politics, in morals. Two words form the key of the Baconian doctrine — utility and progress. nations is therefore inblime that they never could be more than theories ; in attempts to solve insoluble enigmas ; in exhortations... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1850 - 342 páginas
...legislation, in politics, in morals. Two words form the key of the Baconian doctrine , Utility and Progress. The ancient philosophy disdained to be useful, and was content to be stationary. It dealtlargely in theories of moral perfection, which were so sublime that they never could be more than... | |
 | 1852 - 780 páginas
...legislation, in politics, in morals. Two words form the key of the Baconian doctrine — utility and progress. been foblime that they never could be more than theories; in attempts to solve insoluble enigmas; in exhortations... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1853 - 596 páginas
...legislation, in politics, in morals. Two words form the key of the Baconian doctrine, Utility and Progress. The ancient philosophy disdained to be useful, and...perfection, which were so sublime that they never could * Novum Orgamtm, Lib. 1. Aph. 81. f De Augmentis, Lib. 1. J Cogitata et visa. § Advancement of Learning,... | |
 | HODGES - 1856 - 780 páginas
...Baconian doctrine he describes as Utility and Progress. " The ancient philosophy," Mr. Macaulay adds, " disdained to be useful, and was content to be stationary....theories ; in attempts to solve insoluble enigmas; inexhortations to the attainment of unattainable frames of mind. It could not condescend to the humble... | |
 | HODGES - 1856 - 780 páginas
...Baconian doctrine he describes as Utility and Progress. " The ancient philosophy," Mr. Macaulay adds, " disdained to be useful, and was content to be stationary....theories ; in attempts to solve insoluble enigmas; inexhortations to the attainment of unattainable frames of mind. It could not condescend to the humble... | |
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Two words form the key of the Baconian doctrine, Utility and Progress. The ancient philosophy disdained to be useful, and was content to be stationary. It dealt largely in theories of moral perfection, which were so sublime that they never could be more... 
