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" MAN, as the minister and interpreter of nature, does and understands as much as his observations on the order of nature, either with regard to things or the mind, permit him, and neither knows nor is capable of more. "
Letters on the Laws of Man's Nature and Development - Page 225
by Henry George Atkinson, Harriet Martineau - 1851 - 390 pages
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The Youth's instructer [sic] and guardian, Volume 6

1842 - 622 pages
...proceed on that simple, yet profound and noble, aphorism of Lord Bacon: "Man, as the minister an,l interpreter of nature, does and understands as much...permit him, and neither knows nor is capable of more." Alchemy laboured to establish certain suppositions : modern chemistry observes the order of nature,...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 14

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - Law - 1831 - 478 pages
...enjoyment, but of the common affairs and fortune of mankind, and of a complete power of action. For man as the minister and interpreter of nature does, and understands, as much as he has observed of the order, operation, and mind of nature ; and neither knows nor is able to do more....
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Crisis, and National Co-operative Trades' Union Gazette, Volumes 1-2

1833 - 480 pages
...the understanding," laid down the following rule by which to direct all future investigations : — " Man as the minister and interpreter of nature, does...him, and neither knows nor is capable of more.||" No sooner was the Novum Organum perused and comprehended, than the learned arailed themselves of the...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: A New Edition:

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1831 - 486 pages
...enjoyment, but of the common affairs and fortune of mankind, and of a complete power of action. For man as the minister and interpreter of nature does, and understands, as much as he has observed of the order, operation, and mind of nature ; and neither knows nor is able to do more....
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The Eclectic Review, Volume 3; Volume 67

Samuel Greatheed, Daniel Parken, Theophilus Williams, Josiah Conder, Thomas Price, Jonathan Edwards Ryland, Edwin Paxton Hood - 1838 - 746 pages
...Bacon thought thus — Man, the minister of na' ture, understands as much as his observations of it, either with ' regard to things or the mind, permit him, and neither knows nor 'is capable of more.' The influence of this truth was early seen ; — first, in the system of Hobbes and Gassendi, by both...
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The Methodist Quarterly Review, Volume 18; Volume 40

Methodist Church - 1858 - 690 pages
...Phil., p. 117. Spinoza, Ibid., p. 125. Jacobi, Ibid., p. 597. Comtt, Syst. Phil. Pos., Tol. i, p. 7. "Man, as the minister and interpreter of nature, does...him, and neither knows nor is capable of more."— Nov. Org., lib. I, Aph. I. Cf. Tnst. Magna. Distr. Op., vol. ix, p. 178. " The unassisted hand, and...
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Works, Volume 3

Francis Bacon - 1841 - 616 pages
...enjoyment, but of the common affairs and fortune of mankind, and of a complete power of action. For man, as the minister and interpreter of nature does, and understands, as much as he has observed of the order, operation, and mind of nature; and neither knows nor is able to do more....
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 3

Francis Bacon - 1841 - 616 pages
...enjoyment, hut of the common affairs and fortune of mankind, and of a complete power of action. For man, as the minister and interpreter of nature does and understands, as much as he h;is observed of the order, operation, and mind of nature; and neither knows nor is able to do more....
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, Volume 3

Francis Bacon - 1844 - 614 pages
...PART, DIGESTED IN APHORISMS. APHORISMS ON THE INTERPRETATION OF NATURE AND THE EMPIRE OF MAN. 1. MAW, as the minister and interpreter of nature, does and...permit him, and neither knows nor is capable of more. 2. The unassisted hand, and the understanding left to itself, possess but little power. Effects are...
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Novum Organum: Or, True Suggestions for the Interpretation of Nature

Francis Bacon - Induction (Logic) - 1844 - 348 pages
...Interpretation of Nature and (he Empire of Man. 1. A >f"AN, as the minister and interpreter of JLVJ. nature, does and understands as much, as his observations...permit him, and neither knows nor is capable of more. 2. The unassisted hand, and the understanding left to itself, possess but little power. Effects are...
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