MAN, as the minister and interpreter of nature, does and understands as much, as his observations on the order of nature, either with regard to things or the mind, permit him, and neither knows nor is capable of more. Self-education - Página 126por Edwin Paxton Hood - 1851Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Edwin Paxton Hood - 1858 - 272 páginas
...reflection. " 1. Man, as the minister and interpreter of Nature, does, and understands as much, as his observations on the order of Nature, either with regard to things or the mind, permit him, and is incapable of more. " 2. There are, and can be but two ways of investigating and discovering truth.... | |
| 1858 - 590 páginas
...Aphorism, that " man, as the minister and interpreter of nature, does and understands as much as his observations on the order of nature, either with regard to things or to the mind, permit him, and neither knows nor is capable of more :" (2) As a consequence, it acknowledges... | |
| Margaret Fison - 1859 - 242 páginas
...his grand aphorisms, " as the minister and interpreter of nature, does and understands as much as his observations on the order of nature, either with regard...permit him, and neither knows nor is capable of more." " The sole cause and root of almost every defect in the Sciences is this, that while we falsely admire... | |
| Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859 - 628 páginas
...OF MAN. MAN, as the minister and interpreter of nature, does and understands as much as his obseron the order of nature, either with regard to things...permit him, and neither knows nor is capable of more. 2. The unassisted hand, and the understanding left to itself, possess but little power. Effects are... | |
| John Scott - 1860 - 282 páginas
...FEDERAL CONVENTION. Man, as the minister and interpreter of Nature, does and understands as much as his observations on the order of nature, either with regard...permit him and neither knows nor is capable of more. The subtlety of nature is far bej'ond that of sense or of the understanding: so that the specious meditations,... | |
| John Scott - 1860 - 278 páginas
...FEDERAL CONVENTION. Man, as the minister and interpreter of Nature, does and understands as much as his observations on the order of nature, either with regard...permit him^ and neither knows nor is capable of more. The subtlety of nature is far beyond that of sense or of the understanding: so that the specious meditations,... | |
| William Nelson Pendleton - 1860 - 362 páginas
...nature, does, and understands, as much as his observations on the order of nature, either with respect to things or the mind, permit him, and neither knows nor is capable of more." Now, that this principle, obvious as it appears when once established, and the systematic applications... | |
| James Buchanan - 1864 - 650 páginas
...interpreter of nature, does and understands as much as his observations on the order of nature, cither with regard to things or the mind, permit him ; and neither knows nor is capable of more."* Man is called to interpret a lesson, not to invent a theory ; he is not to create, but to receive the... | |
| Edwin Paxton Hood - 1865 - 376 páginas
...1. Man, as the minister and interpreter of Nature, does Aphorisms and understands as much, as Ms oum observations on the order of Nature, either with regard...permit him, and neither knows, nor is capable of more. 2. There are, and can be, but two ways of investigating and discovering truth. The one hurries on rapidly... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1889 - 574 páginas
...the minister 1 Hniulct, act iiu sc. 2. VOl. T. \ and interpreter, docs and understands as much as his observations on the order of nature, either with regard...or the mind, permit him, and neither knows nor is capahle of more." The 'just standard' of nature in poetry which Pope commends to the critic is that... | |
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