 ... 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;...  Thoughts on Self-culture, Addressed to Women - Pagina 367di Maria Georgina Shirreff Grey, Emily Anne Eliza Shirreff - 1851 - 464 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | Francis Bacon - 2005 - 208 pagine
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 | Ellis Sandoz - 2005 - 368 pagine
...first principles, or to prima philosophia. According to Bacon, the purpose of "primary philosophy" is for "the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate." Its aim is to "separate and reject vain speculations and whatsoever is empty and void, and preserve... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 2006 - 256 pagine
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 | Stephen John Campbell, Stephen L. Campbell - 2004 - 430 pagine
...wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect; or a tower of state for a proud man to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground...glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate. But this is that which will indeed dignify and exalt knowledge, if contemplation and action may be... | |
 | Henry Osborn Taylor - 2006 - 444 pagine
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 | William Fleming - 2006 - 580 pagine
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 | Ilse Vickers - 2006 - 224 pagine
...life', he equally stressed that it should be 'perfected and governed [by] charity'; knowledge should be 'a rich storehouse, for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate' (III: 294). It is important that we remember that 'Bacon professed no such narrow utilitarianism as... | |
 | R. H. Tawney - 2006 - 339 pagine
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 | Stephen A. McKnight - 2006 - 209 pagine
...philosophy requires a return to first principles, or to prima philosophia. The aim of prima philosophia is for "the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate," and its purpose is to "separate and reject vain speculations and whatsoever is empty and void, and... | |
 | Willem B. Drees, Hubert Meisinger, Zbigniew Liana - 2006 - 182 pagine
...wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect . . . and not a rich store house, for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate' (Bacon 1857-74: III.294). referred to as the 'democratization of science', according to which, in principle,... | |
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