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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. "
The Works of Lord Bacon: With an Introductory Essay - Page 10
by Francis Bacon - 1838
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Bible illustrations: consisting of apophthegms [ &c.], grouped ..., Volume 6

James Lee (M.A.) - 1867 - 492 pages
...Church turn pale, its pulse of faith beats languidly. — Baptist W. Noel. In contemplation, if a man begin with certainties he shall end in doubts; but...begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.— Bacon. The difficulty of ascertaining precisely whether it be Truth which we have attained, is, in...
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Horæ otiosæ, thoughts of many minds collected by H.H. Joy

Horae, Henry Holmes Joy - 1873 - 374 pages
...to leave them behind us, measuring our advance by keeping them in sight. In contemplation, if a man begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts ; but...to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. Every obtaining of a desire hath a show of advancement, as motion in a circle hath a sign of progression....
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Jewish history and politics [&c.].

sir Edward Strachey (3rd bart.) - 1874 - 508 pages
...of that date, seems to me at least to claim a more complete discussion than it has yet received. ' If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end...to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties,' says Bacon. And he says, requires the word to indicate tho people of Israel : and he explains it —...
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Jewish History and Politics in the Times of Sargon and Sennacherib: An ...

Sir Edward Strachey - Bible - 1874 - 504 pages
...of that date, seems to me at least to claim a more complete discussion than it has yet received. ' If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end...to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties,' says Bacon. And he aays, requires the word to indicate the people of Israel : and he explains it —...
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Cassell's library of English literature, selected, ed ..., Volume 4; Volume 80

Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 470 pages
...deservedly deluded. Again, men mix knowledge with their own particular meditations, conceits, and doctrines. Another error is an impatience of doubt, and haste...and not ingenuous and faithful ; in a sort as may bo soonest believed, and not casiliest examined. It is true that in compendious treatises for practice...
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Bacon: The Advancement of Learning

Francis Bacon - Knowledge, Theory of - 1876 - 504 pages
...error is an impatience of doubt, and haste to assertion without due and mature suspension of judgement. For the two ways of contemplation are not unlike the...to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. 9. Another error is in the manner of the tradition and delivery of knowledge, which is for the most...
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The works of lord Bacon, moral and historical, with a brief memoir of the ...

Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1877 - 782 pages
...etc. But of these conceits Aristotle speaketh seriously and wisely, when he saith, " Qui respiciunt ad pauca, de facili pronuntiant." Another error is...faithful, in a sort, as may be soonest believed, and most easiliest examined. It is true, that in compendious treatises for practice, that form is not to...
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A commonplace book of thoughts, memories and fancies, original and selected

Anna Brownell Jameson - 1877 - 488 pages
...suspension of the judgment, is an error in the conduct of the understanding." " In. contemplation, if a man begin with certainties he shall end in doubts, but...to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties." Well said and profoundly true. This is a celebrated and often-cited passage ; an admitted principle...
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Lectures on the Literature of the Age of Elizabeth: And Characters of ...

William Hazlitt - English literature - 1878 - 560 pages
...due and mature suspension of judgment. For the two ways of contemplation are not unlike the two waya of action, commonly spoken of by the ancients : the...to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. knowledge, winch is for the most part magistral and peremptory, »nd not ingenuous and faithful ; in...
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The Art of Scientific Discovery: Or, The General Conditions and Methods of ...

George Gore - Chimie, Découvertes - 1878 - 694 pages
...believe a doctrine in suppprt 'H 2 of which we have not sufficient evidence. ' In contemplation, if a man begin with certainties he shall end in doubts ; but...will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties.'1 4. We may reasonably disbelieve any statement in science which we perceive really contradicts...
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