Bacon's Essays and Wisdom of the AncientsLittle, Brown,, 1884 - 425 páginas |
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... Pleasures . Explained of Men's Pas- sion for Pleasures 420 30. Metis , or Counsel . Explained of Princes and their Council . PREFACE . In the early part of the year 1597 CONTENTS . ix.
... Pleasures . Explained of Men's Pas- sion for Pleasures 420 30. Metis , or Counsel . Explained of Princes and their Council . PREFACE . In the early part of the year 1597 CONTENTS . ix.
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... it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground ; judge , therefore , of the pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye PREFACE . xiii.
... it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground ; judge , therefore , of the pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye PREFACE . xiii.
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Francis Bacon. pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye . Cer- tainly , virtue is like precious odors , most fragrant when they are incensed , or crushed ; for prosperity doth best discover vice , but adversity doth best discover ...
Francis Bacon. pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye . Cer- tainly , virtue is like precious odors , most fragrant when they are incensed , or crushed ; for prosperity doth best discover vice , but adversity doth best discover ...
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... Pleasures , may be selected as a specimen . In this fable he explains the common but erroneous supposition that knowledge and the conformity of the will , knowing and acting , are convertible terms . Of this error , he , in his essay of ...
... Pleasures , may be selected as a specimen . In this fable he explains the common but erroneous supposition that knowledge and the conformity of the will , knowing and acting , are convertible terms . Of this error , he , in his essay of ...
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... pleasure . " The following is the account of the different editions of this work : The first was published in 1609. In Feb- ruary 27 , 1610 , Lord Bacon wrote to Mr. Mathew , upon sending his book De Sapientia Veterum : - " MR . MATHEW ...
... pleasure . " The following is the account of the different editions of this work : The first was published in 1609. In Feb- ruary 27 , 1610 , Lord Bacon wrote to Mr. Mathew , upon sending his book De Sapientia Veterum : - " MR . MATHEW ...
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affection alludes amongst ancient Arthur Gorges arts atheism Augustus Cæsar beautiful better body Cæsar called cause Certainly Chancellor commonly corruption counsel court cunning custom danger death discourse dissimulation divine doth Duke of Guise earth England envy Epicurus Essays evil fable faction fame father favor fear fortune France greatest hand hath Henry honor human Instauratio Magna inventions judge judgment Julius Cæsar Jupiter justice justly kind kings Latin likewise Lord Bacon Lord Campbell maketh man's mankind matter means men's ment mind moral natural philosophy nature never noble Novum Organum observation opinion persons philosophy pleasure poets Pompey princes Queen Queen's Counsel religion riches Romans saith secret servants side sort speak speech Tacitus thereof things thou thought Tiberius tion true truth unto usury Vespasian virtue wherein wisdom wise words
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Página 27 - Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast, no weakness, no contempt. Dispraise or blame, nothing but well and fair. And what may quiet us in a death so noble.
Página 265 - Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. That is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
Página 290 - The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new ? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.
Página 265 - To spend too much time in studies is sloth; to use them too much for ornament is affectation; to make judgment wholly by their rules is the humor of a scholar.
Página 58 - One of the fathers, in great severity, called poesy vinum daemonum, because it filleth the imagination, and yet it is but with the shadow of a lie. But it is not the lie that passeth through the mind, but the lie that sinketh in and settleth in it, that doth the hurt such as we spake of before.
Página 60 - Certainly it is heaven upon earth to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.
Página 264 - STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring; for ornament, is in discourse; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs come best from those that are learned.
Página 61 - ... of gold and silver, which may make the metal work the better, but it embaseth it ; for these winding and crooked courses are the goings of the serpent, which goeth basely upon the belly and not upon the feet. There is no vice that doth so cover a man with shame as to be found false and perfidious.
Página 68 - AND unto the angel of the church of the Laodiceans write • These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God ; I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot : I would thou wert cold or hot.
Página 125 - It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion: for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no farther; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity.