 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
 | James Harvey Robinson - Civilization - 1921 - 274 pages
...pointed out that the old days were not those of mature knowledge, but of youthful human ignorance. " These times are the ancient times, when the world is ancient, and not those we count ancient, ordine retrogrado, by a computation backward from ourselves." In his New Atlantis... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1928 - 558 pages
...discovery is well taken, then to make progression. And to speak truly, Antiquitas sceculi 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... | |
 | Arthur Edward Pearse Brome Weigall - Egypt - 1923 - 398 pages
...the times nearest his birth, but in those most remote from it?" "These present times," says Bacon, "are the ancient times, when the world is ancient, and not those which we account ancient, ordine retrogrado by a computation backward from ourselves." It is curious to notice how completely we have... | |
 | Sir William Searle Holdsworth - Law - 1924 - 648 pages
...dicitur non auctoritatis ; " cf. Advancement of Learning, Works iii 291, " Antiquitas saculijuventus mundi. These times are the ancient times, when the...retrograde, by a computation backward from ourselves." 4 Above 11, 15, 29-3o; vol. ii 128-13?. s Advancement of Learning, Works iii 285. ' Ibid 283. of that... | |
 | James Harvey Robinson - Europe - 1926 - 680 pages
...speak truly, Antiquitas saeculi juventus mundi [to wit, former days belong to the world's youth] . These times are the ancient times, when the world is ancient, and not those we account ancient, ordine retrograde, by a computation backward from ourselves. Another error ...... | |
 | Classical Association (Great Britain) - Classical literature - 1925 - 654 pages
...excellent in form than the modern Classic as that they are younger. " These times," as Bacon said, " are the ancient times when the world is ancient, and not those which we account ancient by a computation backward from ourselves." No, we are the ancients. Men read the Classics to renew... | |
 | George Reuben Potter - English literature - 1928 - 640 pages
...discovery is well taken, then to make progression. And to speak truly, "Antiquitas saeculi juventus mundi." * These times are the ancient times, when...ancient, and not those which we account ancient ordine retrogrado,6 by a computation backward from ourselves. Another error, induced by the former, is a distrust... | |
 | Sir William Searle Holdsworth - Common law - 1928 - 220 pages
..."Antiquitas saeculi jwventus rmmdi. These timles are the ancient times, when the world is ancient, not those which we account ancient ordine retrograde, by a computation backward from ourselves." 63 Your school is, from this point of view, an ancient school — ancient in its experience gained... | |
 | American literature - 1966 - 662 pages
...then takes her in his arms.) My own Empress! My Queen! CURTAIN The Challenge By MARY BRENT WHITESIDE. These times are the ancient times, when the world is ancient, and not those which we account ancient by an inverted reckoning. — Bacon. Now are the ancient times! The world is old, And old are we, who... | |
 | Matei Călinescu - Avant-Garde (Aesthetics) - 1987 - 416 pages
...in Bacon's writings. In the Advancement of Learning: And to speak truly, Antiquitas saeculi juventus mundi. These times are the ancient times, when the...ancient, and not those which we account ancient ordine retrogrado, by a computation backwards from ourselves.18 In the Preface to Instauratio Magna: And for... | |
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