 | 1835 - 430 pages
...schoolmen, for they are " Cymini sectores';" if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call upon one thing to prove and illustrate another, let him...every defect of the mind may have a special receipt. — Bacon, Sed contra audentior ita.— VIRGIL. " Do not yidd to misfortunes, but, on the contrary,... | |
 | 1835 - 430 pages
...schoolmen, for they are " Cymini seclorea ? if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call upon el — Bacon. Sed contra audentior ita. — VIRGIL. " Do not yield to misfortunes, but, on the contrary,... | |
 | Samuel Warren - Law - 1835 - 582 pages
...schoolmen, for they are ' Cymini sectores ;' if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call upon one thing to prove and illustrate another, let him...every defect of the mind may have a special receipt *." That the mathematics are pre-eminently calculated to train the mind, to induce habits of close... | |
 | Samuel Warren - Law - 1835 - 580 pages
...schoolmen, for they are ' Cymini sectores ;' if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call upon one thing to prove and illustrate another, let him study the lawyers' cases : so every defect of the rnind may have a special receipt *." That the mathematics are pre-eminently calculated to train the... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 pages
...let him study the schoolmen ; for they are cymini sectores : if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call up one thing to prove and illustrate another,...respect of factions, is a principal part of policy ; whereas, contrariwise, the chiefest wisdom is, either in ordering those things which are general,... | |
 | Basil Montagu - Conduct of life - 1839 - 404 pages
...let him study the schoolmen; for they are " Cymini sectores." If he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call up one thing to prove and illustrate another,...every defect of the mind may have a special receipt. STUDY BY TIME. In studies whatsoever a man commandeth upon himself let him set hours for it ; but whatsoever... | |
 | Louisa Caroline Tuthill - English language - 1839 - 482 pages
...schoolmen, for they are ' Cymini sectores ;' if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call upon one thing to prove and illustrate another, let him...every defect of the mind may have a special receipt. DRY STYLE, A MINUTE PHILOSOPHER.— BERKLEY. Whether the principles of Christians or infidels are truest,... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 pages
...let him study the schoolmen, for they are" Cymini sectores;"* if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call up one thing to prove and illustrate another,...every defect of the mind may have a special receipt. [Julius Cffisar. From a Roman Coin.] LI.— OF FACTION. MANY have an opinion not wise, that for a prince... | |
 | American Institute of Instruction - 1841 - 254 pages
...study the schoolmen; and if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call upon one thing to prove another, let him study the lawyers' cases; so every defect of the mind may have a special remedy." If therefore we could know, in all cases, at the outset, what were the mental imperfections... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 732 pages
...Fifty-first, "Of Faction," hegins and ends as follows :— to particular persons one hy one When factions an Many have an opinion, not wise, that for a prince...to govern his proceedings, according to the respect to factions, is a principal part of policy'.: whereas contrariwise, the chiefest wisdom is either in... | |
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... wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics ; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again : if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differences, let him study the schoolmen ; for they are cymini sectores... 
