 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
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1856 - 406 pages
...that they are older than our own, alleging truly that "ANTIQTJITAS SECfLl JtryENTDS MUNDI, that our times are the ancient times, when the world is ancient,...retrograde, by a computation backward from ourselves." 1 Throwing off, then, all allegiance to antiquity, he appealed directly from Aristotle to nature, from<... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1859 - 852 pages
...the discovery is well taken, then to make progression. And to speak truly, Antiquitas saculi juventus mundi. These times are the ancient times, when the...ancient, and not those which we account ancient ordine retroyrado, by a computation backward from ourselves. Another error, induced by the former, is a distrust... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1857 - 854 pages
...discovery is well taken, then to make progression. And to speak truly, Antiquitas seeculi juventus mundi. These times are the ancient times, when the...ancient, and not those which we account ancient ordine retrogrado, by a computation backward from ourselves. • Another error, induced by the former, is... | |
 | Delia Salter Bacon - 1857 - 706 pages
...speak truly [and that after all is the best way of speaking] Antiquitas seculi juventus mundi.' 'Those times are the ancient times, when the world is ancient and not those we account ancient by a computation backward from ourselves.' — Advancement of Learning. But that... | |
 | Buckinghamshire (England) - 1858 - 382 pages
...have left us our magnificent Cathedrals, * Hallam. f And to speak truly " Antiquitas seculi, juventus mundi." These times are the ancient times, when the...ancient, and not those which we account ancient ordine retrogrado, by a computation backward from ourselves. — BACON. Advancement of Learning. Book I. and... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1859 - 856 pages
...discovery is well taken, then to make progression. And to speak truly, Antiquitas tceculi juventus mundi. These times are the ancient times, when the...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859 - 616 pages
...in ea." . " Antiquitas saeculi juventus mundi." These times are the ancient times, when the world it ancient, and not those which we account ancient "...retrograde," by a computation backward from ourselves.* 2. A suspicion that there is nothing new. 3. A conceit that of former opinions or sects, after variety... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English drama - 1859 - 494 pages
...take progression. And to speak truly," he adds, " Autiquitas seculi juventus mundi. These times ar« the ancient times when the world is ancient ; and not those which we count ancient ordine retrogrado, by a computation backwards from ourselves. " Another error, induced... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1861 - 860 pages
...discovery is well taken, then to make progression. And to speak truly, Antiquitas steculi juventus mundi. These times are the ancient times, when the...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1861 - 408 pages
...reason that they are older than our own, alleging truly that "ANTIQUITAS SECULI JUVENTUS MUNDi, that our times are the ancient times, when the world is ancient, and not those which we account ancient, ordine retrogrado, by a computation backward from ourselves." 1 Throwing off, then, all allegiance to antiquity,... | |
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