Dissertations on the Progress of KnowledgeArno Press, 1975 - 477 pagina's |
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Pagina 33
... knowledge was fully understood by none , and that its existence , to the bulk of philosophers , was utterly unknown . It was about this time that Francis Bacon ( Lord Verulam ) began to turn his powerful and creative mind to contemplate ...
... knowledge was fully understood by none , and that its existence , to the bulk of philosophers , was utterly unknown . It was about this time that Francis Bacon ( Lord Verulam ) began to turn his powerful and creative mind to contemplate ...
Pagina 38
... knowledge in general ; for he thought it certain , that no part of knowledge could attain much excellence without having its foundation laid in phy- sical science . He goes on to observe , that the end and object of knowledge had been ...
... knowledge in general ; for he thought it certain , that no part of knowledge could attain much excellence without having its foundation laid in phy- sical science . He goes on to observe , that the end and object of knowledge had been ...
Pagina 79
... knowledge , that , in the thickest darkness of the middle ages , the study of it was never entirely aban- doned . In those times of ignorance , it also derived additional credit from the assistance which it seemed to give to an ...
... knowledge , that , in the thickest darkness of the middle ages , the study of it was never entirely aban- doned . In those times of ignorance , it also derived additional credit from the assistance which it seemed to give to an ...
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