 For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff and is limited thereby; but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth...  The Methodist Quarterly Review - Pagina 341847Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Francis Bacon - 1868 - 786 pagina’s
...reason, and his Sabbath work, ever since, is the illumination of his spirit. For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation...worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby. — Adv. of Learning, Bk. I. Works, III. •285. ESSAY p. 85, 1. 3. " Certainly," etc. : Lat. ut alibi... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1868 - 694 pagina’s
...reason, and his Sabbath work, ever since, is the illumination of his spirit. For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation...worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby. — Adv. of Learning ', Bk. I. Works, III. 285. ESSAY VIII. p. 85, 1. 3. " Certainly," etc. : Lat.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1869 - 446 pagina’s
...man, if it work upon matter, whipb.ia. the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh.according to the stuff and is limited thereby; but if it work...cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit. 6. This same unprofitable subtility or curiosity is... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1869 - 374 pagina’s
...since is the illumination of his spirit;" or (Advance, of Learning, B. ?'.), " The wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, work-, eth according to the stuff, and is limited thereby ; " or as it is written in our authorized... | |
 | Josiah Miller - 1870 - 272 pagina’s
...unto us those laborious webs of learning which are extant in their books. For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation...cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit.' And a little farther on, in speaking of those who... | |
 | Arthur Penrhyn Stanley - 1870 - 700 pagina’s
...interests. ' Vera sum,' is its language, ' nihil verum a me alienum putc. 'The wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter ' which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, II 2 ' worketh according to the stuff and is limited thereby ; ' but if it work upon itself, as the... | |
 | Virginia - 1873 - 614 pagina’s
...furnish an occasion, but of which they are not the cause. "The wit and mind of man," said Lord Bacon, "if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation...cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work, but of no substance or profit." But this criticism from the father of modern science... | |
 | William Sharp - 1874 - 848 pagina’s
...the weaving of a fanciful garment wherewith to cover our ignorance. " For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation...worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of the thread and work, but of no substance or profit."1... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1874 - 700 pagina’s
...reason, and his Sabbath work, ever since, is the illumination of his spirit. For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation...God, worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby.—Adv. of Learning, Bk. I. Works, I IT. 285. ESSAY Vni. p. 85, 1. 3. " Certainly," etc.: Lat.... | |
 | William Sharp - 1874 - 838 pagina’s
...thereby ; but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of...the thread and work, but of no substance or profit." 1 These propositions are true ; the conclusion drawn from them is true also. We have no original knowledge... | |
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