Essential Articles for the Study of Francis BaconBrian Vickers Archon Books, 1968 - 323 pagina's After a long period of neglect and abuse it is a pleasure to report that the last thirty years have seen a great revival of interest in Bacon, a revival that has produced informed and detailed criticism both at the general level and as more specialized studies, the best of which are included in this volume. - Introduction. |
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Pagina 13
... merely invented for the convenience of calculation ( IV , 183 ) . He admits that the theory of the earth's rotation , which , he says , was preva- lent in his own day , cannot be refuted by astronomical principles , for it explains the ...
... merely invented for the convenience of calculation ( IV , 183 ) . He admits that the theory of the earth's rotation , which , he says , was preva- lent in his own day , cannot be refuted by astronomical principles , for it explains the ...
Pagina 117
... mere potentiality and formlessness , but has its own existence and primary nature ( V , 466 ) , and his ma- terial and ... merely apparent and has been hastily dis- tinguished from other phenomena . A form is rather a “ true specific ...
... mere potentiality and formlessness , but has its own existence and primary nature ( V , 466 ) , and his ma- terial and ... merely apparent and has been hastily dis- tinguished from other phenomena . A form is rather a “ true specific ...
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... mere mathematical description of the phe- nomenal nature in question but must get behind this to its real cause . There ... merely calculations or predictions that I aim at , but philosophy : such a philosophy I mean as may in- form the ...
... mere mathematical description of the phe- nomenal nature in question but must get behind this to its real cause . There ... merely calculations or predictions that I aim at , but philosophy : such a philosophy I mean as may in- form the ...
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