 | Sir William Hamilton - Education - 1853 - 828 pages
...let him study the mathematiks ; for in demonstrations if his thought be called ever so little away he must begin again ; if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differences [ic be not subtile], let him study the schoolmen, for they are the Cymini tcctores." — By-the-by,... | |
 | Sir William Hamilton - Education - 1853 - 832 pages
...let him study the raathematiks ; for in demonstrations if his thought be called ever so little away he must begin again ; if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differences [ie be not subtile], let him study the schoolmen, for they are the Cymini seclores.''— By-the-by,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Ethics - 1854 - 894 pages
...reins ; shooting for the lungs and breast ; gentle walking for the stomach ; riding for the head ; and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let...schoolmen ; for they are cymini sectores : if he be not npt to beat over matters, and to call up one thing to prove and illustrate another, let him study the... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1854 - 452 pages
...and reins; shooting for the lungs and breast; gentle walking for the stomach ; riding for the head, and the like ; so if a man's wit be wandering, let...distinguish or find differences, let him study the schoolmen ; if he be not apt to beat over maiters, and to call upon one thing to prove and illustrate another,... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1854 - 452 pages
...and reins; shooting for the lungs and breast; gentle walking for the stomach ; riding for the head, and the like ; so if a man's wit be wandering, let...distinguish or find differences, let him study the schoolmen ; if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call upon one thing to prove and illustrate another,... | |
 | Thomas Fisher - Mathematics - 1854 - 156 pages
...coherence all along." [Locke, Introduction to the conduct of the Human Understanding, Bk. 4, Sec. 7. " If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, vif his wit be called away ever J so little, he must begin again." — [Lord Bacon. " The habits of... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1854 - 448 pages
...and reins; shooting for the lungs and breast; gentle walking for the stomach ; riding for the head, and the like ; so if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematies, for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again... | |
 | Ebenezer Cobham Brewer - 1854 - 444 pages
...Dr. Arbiilhnot. If a man's wits be wandering let him study the mathematics ; for in demonstration, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again. — Lord Bacon. Mathematics is a ballast for the soul to fix it, not to stall it ; and not to jostle... | |
 | Education - 1855 - 396 pages
...lungs and breast, gentle walking for the stomach, riding for the head and the like; so, if a man's wits be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in...distinguish or find differences, let him study the schoolmen ; if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call upon one thing to prove and illustrate another,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1856 - 406 pages
...stone and reins, shooting for the lungs and breast, gentle walking for the stomach, riding for the head and the like ; so, if a man's wit be wandering, let...again ; if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find difference, let him study the schoolmen, for they are " Cymini sectores." * If he be not apt to beat... | |
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Bowling is good for the stone and reins, shooting for the lungs and breast, gentle walking for the stomach, riding for the head, and the like. So, if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics, for in demonstrations, if his wit be called... 
