 | Francis Bacon - 1864 - 468 pages
...but may be wrought out by fit studies : like as diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises. Bowling is good for the stone and reins ; shooting...breast ; gentle walking for the stomach ; riding for head ; and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics ; for in demonstrations,... | |
 | James Wills (of Upton.) - 1864 - 282 pages
...impossible to say too much on the importance of algebra and Euclid. Bacon observes that, " If a man's wits be wandering, let him study the mathematics, for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away ever so little, he must begin again ; if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differences, let... | |
 | Literature - 1909 - 378 pages
...but may be wrought out by fit studies ; like as diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises. Bowling is good for the stone and reins ;' shooting...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;... | |
 | Paul Richard Halmos, John Ewing, F.W. Gehring - Biography & Autobiography - 1991 - 336 pages
...Clara University Santa Clara, CA 95053 Some Mathematics 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 again. — Lord Bacon Mathematicians are like Frenchmen: whatever you say to them they... | |
 | Merriam-Webster, Inc - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1991 - 552 pages
...various parts of the body, he says "So if a Mans Wit be Wandering, let him Study the Mathematicks; For in Demonstrations, if his Wit be called away never so little, he must begin again." This wit could also be used for a function of the mind, such as memory or attention;... | |
 | C.C. Gaither, Alma E Cavazos-Gaither - Mathematics - 1998 - 506 pages
...it will require fresh assistance from Mathematic. The Advancement of Learning Book III, Chapter VI So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the...demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again. Bacon's Essays Of Studies Bacon, Roger There are four great sciences ... Of these... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Literary Collections - 1999 - 276 pages
...10 consultation n consult 12 quick, alert mind Bowling1 is good for the stone and reins;* shooting2 for the lungs and breast; gentle walking for the stomach;...be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations,3 if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again. If his wit be not... | |
 | C.C. Gaither - Medical - 2019 - 522 pages
.... . . diseases of the body may have appropriate exercises; bowling is good for the stone and veins, shooting for the lungs and breast, gentle walking for the stomach, riding for the head and the like . . . Bacon's Essays Of Studies (p. 129) . . . cure the disease and kill the patient. Bacon's Essays... | |
 | Comparative linguistics - 1918 - 868 pages
...also in 3. p. sing., als auch, wo das nicht der fall ist. So schon bei Bacon, Essays (Of Studies I). So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics (st. should wander oder should be wandering). Ferner Pepys 20/1 61: Many guns were heard this afternoon,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Biography & Autobiography - 2000 - 470 pages
...Riding for the Head; And the like. So if a Mans Wit be Wandring, let him Study the 45 Mat hematic ks; 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 Schoole-men;... | |
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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. 
