 | Half hours - 1847 - 580 pages
...beginning, and in the end impassable ; the other rough and troublesome in the entrance, but after awhile fair and even : so it is in contemplation ; if a man...knowledge, which is for the most part magistral and preremptory, and not ingenuous and faithful ; in a sort as may be soonest believed, and not easiliest... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1852 - 580 pages
...recessit," &c. But of these conceits Aristotle speaketh seriously and wisely, when he saith, Qui respiciunt ad pauca, de facili pronuntiant." Another error is...to begin- with doubts he shall end in certainties. BOOK I. compendious treatises for, practice, that foiin is not to be disallowed : but in the true handling... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1852 - 238 pages
...Aristotle speaketh seriously and wisely, when he saith, Qui respiciunt ad pauca de facili pronunciant. 8. Another error is an impatience of doubt, and haste...to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. 9. Another error is in the manner of the tradition 6 Ap. Sext. Empir. adv. Math. vii. 133. ' The book... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Ethics - 1854 - 894 pages
...etc. But of these conceits Aristotle speaketh seriously and wisely, when he saith, " Qui respiciunt which excelleth so much that of Jacob's well, is drawn forth much in the same deliver)' of knowledge, which is for the most part magistral and peremptory ; and not ingenuous and... | |
 | John Wilson - Trinity - 1855 - 532 pages
...and in the end impassable ; the other rough and troublesome in the entrance, but after a while feir and even. So it is in contemplation : if a man will...to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. — LOED BACON : Advancement of Learning, book i. ; in Works, vol. L p. 173. Christianity being at... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Induction (Logic) - 1855 - 424 pages
...certe ?2 Cf. supr. I. 89. To this objection an answer is to be found in such sayings of Bacon's as " If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end...to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties." Adv. of Learning, p. 51. 73 In thiK Bacon must have had the dpuvt1a of Socrates before his eyes. See... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Induction (Logic) - 1855 - 456 pages
...Cf. supr. I. 89. To this objection an answer is to be found in such sayings of Bacon's as " If a roan will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts...to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties." Adv. of Learning, p. 51. 73 In this Bacon must have had the tlpwvtia of Socrates before his eyes. See... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English literature - 1857 - 900 pages
...facili pronunciant: [they who take only few points into account find it easy to pronounce judgment]. Another error is an impatience of doubt, and haste...doubts, he shall end in certainties. Another error is iu the manner of the tradition and delivery of knowledge, which is for the most part magistral and... | |
 | Francis Bacon (Viscount St. Albans) - Philosophy - 1857 - 856 pages
...haste to assertion without due and mature suspension of judgment. For the two ways of contemplation arc not unlike the two ways of action commonly spoken...doubts, he shall end in certainties. Another error is iu the manner of the tradition and delivery of knowledge, which is for the most part magistral and... | |
 | John Wilson - Trinity - 1859 - 560 pages
...Da. EDWARD BEECHER : Conflict of Ages, pp. 305-6. § 5. IMFATIENCE OF DOUBT, AND AVERSION TO TROUBLE. Another error is an impatience of doubt, and haste...to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. — LORD BACON : Advancement of Learning, book i. ; in Works, vol. i. p. 173. Christianity being at... | |
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... if a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts ; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. 
