 | Davis Wasgatt Clark - Bible - 1847 - 334 pages
...like ; BO if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics, for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin...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,... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1849 - 284 pages
...the like. So, if a man's wit be wandering, let him study mathematics, for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin...if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call up one thing to prove and illustrate another, let him study the lawyers' cases: so every defect of... | |
 | John Locke - Intellect - 1849 - 372 pages
...away never so little, he must begin again ; if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differenceSj let him study the schoolmen, for they are " Cymini...another, let him study the lawyers' cases ; so every detect ol tbn mind may have a special receipt. OF FACTION. MANY have an opmion not wise, that for a... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pages
...like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics ; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin...if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call up one thing to prove and illustrate another, let him study the lawyers' cases : so every defect of... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1851 - 228 pages
...witbe not apt to distinguish or find difference, let him study the schoolmen, for they are " Cy mini sectores". If he be not apt to beat over matters,...every defect of the mind may have a special receipt. LI. OF FACTION. Many have an opinion not wise, that for a prince to govern his estate *, or for a great... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1853 - 176 pages
...the schoolmen, for they are Cymini sectores.a If he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call up one thing to prove and illustrate another, let him...every defect of the mind may have a special receipt. LI. OF FACTION. Many have an opinion not wise, that for a prince to govern his estate, or for a great... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Ethics - 1854 - 894 pages
...like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics ; for in demonstrations, if his cution not to see them, except they be very great....of the weal of men, which is that the Grecians call 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
...like ; so if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics, for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin...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,... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1854 - 452 pages
...like ; so if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics, for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin...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 - 448 pages
...begin again ; if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differences, let him study the schoolmen ; if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call...to prove and illustrate another, let him study the lawyer's cases: so every defect of the mind may have a special receipt."1 In the first volume of these... | |
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So if a man's 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 dif-ferences, let him study the schoolmen; for they are... 
