Antiquity deserveth that reverence, that men should make a stand thereupon and discover what is the best way; but when the discovery is well taken, then to make progression. And to speak truly, "Antiquitas saeculi juventus mundi." These times are the... The Works of Francis Bacon - Page 35by Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819Full view - About this book
| William Hazlitt - Dramatists, English - 1821 - 372 pages
...is well taken, then to take progression. And to speak truly," he adds, " Antiquitas seculi juventus mundi. These times are the ancient times when the world is ancient ; and not those which we count ancient ordine retrograde, by a computation backwards from ourselves. " Another error induced... | |
| William Hazlitt - English drama - 1821 - 374 pages
...is well taken, then to take progression. And to speak truly," he adds, " Autiquitas seculi juventus mundi. These times are the ancient times when the world is ancient ; and not those which we count ancient ordine retrograde, by a computation backwards from ourselves. " Another error induced... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1825 - 526 pages
...antiquas, et videte quamam sit via recta et bona, et ambulate in ea." " Antiquitas stsculi juventus mundi." These times are the ancient times, when the...retrograde," by a computation backward from ourselves, (c) 2. A suspicion that there is nothing new. 3. A conceit that of former opinions or sects, after... | |
| Francis Bacon - Logic - 1825 - 432 pages
...speak truly, " Antiquitas sseculi juventus mundi" (the ancient times were the infancy of the world). These times are the ancient times, when the world...those which we account ancient " ordine retrograde" (in a retrograde order), by a computation backward from ourselves. Another error, induced by the former,... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1826 - 536 pages
...attachment to antiquity is an idol of the understanding : (p) a vain imagination : for the present times are the ancient times, when the world is ancient, and not those which we account ancient (n) See note B. at the end, p. [iv.] ' (o) The wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which '... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1826 - 626 pages
...is well taken, then to make progression. And to speak truly, " Antiquitas seculi, juventus muudi." These times are the ancient times, when the world...ancient, and not those which we account ancient ordine retrogrado, by a computation backward from ourselves. Another error, induced by the former, is a distrust... | |
| Thomas Belsham - Sermons, English - 1826 - 508 pages
...the celebrated Lord Bacon, " that remote antiquity was the childhood of the world : that the present times are the ancient times when the world is ancient, and not those which we account ancient by a computation backward from ourselves."* To talk therefore as some persons do of the wisdom of our... | |
| Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - Law - 1826 - 538 pages
...attachment to antiquity is an idol of the understanding : Qo) a vain imagination : for the present times are the ancient times, when the world is ancient, and not those which we account ancient (») See note B. at the end, p. [iv.] ' (o) The wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which... | |
| Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1826 - 548 pages
...attachment to antiquity is an idol of the understanding : Qy) a vain imagination : for the present times are the ancient times, when the world is ancient, and not those which we account ancient (n) See note B. at the end, p. [iv.J ' (o) The wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which '... | |
| Hugh James Rose - 1830 - 108 pages
...shoulders, and may see the further. — Besides, as one excellently observes, antiquitas seculi juventus mundi. These times are the ancient times, when the world is ancient ; and not those which we count ancient more retrograde, by a computation backwards from ourselves." — Fuller's Holy State,... | |
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