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... Bacon is the true and highest end of knowledge ? 10. What three kinds of learning does Bacon term " the distempers of learning , ” and what class of writers or age does he instance as peculiarly subject to each distemper ? 11. How does ...
... Bacon is the true and highest end of knowledge ? 10. What three kinds of learning does Bacon term " the distempers of learning , ” and what class of writers or age does he instance as peculiarly subject to each distemper ? 11. How does ...
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... Bacon ? What was the state of Ireland and Scotland on the death of James - the state of religion - what was the state of taxation during the reign of Charles ? Who was at the head of Church affairs ? What made the Scots enter England ...
... Bacon ? What was the state of Ireland and Scotland on the death of James - the state of religion - what was the state of taxation during the reign of Charles ? Who was at the head of Church affairs ? What made the Scots enter England ...
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... BACON . 9. Men , says Bacon , seek knowledge , either because they take plea- sure in the travails thereof , using knowledge thereby as a couch where- upon to rest their searching and restless spirit ; or they seek knowledge for ...
... BACON . 9. Men , says Bacon , seek knowledge , either because they take plea- sure in the travails thereof , using knowledge thereby as a couch where- upon to rest their searching and restless spirit ; or they seek knowledge for ...
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... Bacon terms the distempers of learning , are fantastical learning , contentious learning , and affected learning ; the first referring to the credulity of some of the ancient wri- ters ( Pliny and others ) who admitted some of the most ...
... Bacon terms the distempers of learning , are fantastical learning , contentious learning , and affected learning ; the first referring to the credulity of some of the ancient wri- ters ( Pliny and others ) who admitted some of the most ...
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... Bacon , peculiarly subject to the first of these three distempers of learning . Martin Luther , finding the age in which he lived , opposed to him , was obliged to call antiquity to his aid . This brought on a diligent and careful study ...
... Bacon , peculiarly subject to the first of these three distempers of learning . Martin Luther , finding the age in which he lived , opposed to him , was obliged to call antiquity to his aid . This brought on a diligent and careful study ...
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Página 3 - Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires, Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise, Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer...
Página 54 - O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Página 5 - ... as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit, or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect, or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon, or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention, or a shop for profit and sale ; and not a rich store-house for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Página 6 - Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause awhile from letters, to be wise; There mark what ills the scholar's life assail, Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail.
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Página 13 - In any right-angled triangle, the square which is described upon the side subtending the right angle, is equal to the squares described upon the sides which contain the right angle.
Página 37 - There is only one cure for the evils which newly acquired freedom produces; and that cure is freedom. When a prisoner first leaves his cell he cannot bear the light of day ; he is unable to discriminate colors or recognize faces.
Página 29 - Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to heaven : And how they might have borne more welcome news.