 | William Purton - 1865 - 176 pages
...juxtaposition. Bacon's premises, as given at the outset, appear to me neither logical nor sound. As thus : " Tho parts of human learning have reference to the three...to his imagination, and Philosophy to his reason." It appears to me that history has necessarily less to do with the memory than either poetry or philosophy.... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1865 - 784 pages
...distribution of know.edge, which he divides into three parts. "The parts of human learning," says he, " have reference to the three parts of man's understanding,...to his Imagination, and Philosophy to his Reason." He gives also a full genealogical table of knowledge, agreeably to this distribution. This is a work... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Logic - 1869 - 446 pages
...demand a question not impertinent, so it requireth some sense to make a wish not absurd; 1. i. HPHE parts of human learning have reference to the three...memory, poesy to his imagination, and philosophy to his reasonDivine learning receiveth the same distribution; for the ' spirit of man is the same, though... | |
 | George Howe - Presbyterian Church - 1870 - 726 pages
...CAKOLINA. BOOK FIEST. PRELIMINARY HISTORY. CHAPTEK I. "THE parts of human learning," says Lord Bacon, "have reference to the three parts of man's understanding,...to his imagination, and Philosophy to his reason." Our own individual history is invested with the deepest interest to each of us 5 and to retrace the... | |
 | English language - 1871 - 630 pages
...white is not black, what do we else but perceive that these two ideas do not agree ?" — Locke. " The parts of human learning have reference to the three parts of man's understanding, which is tile seat of leurnimj, history to his memory, poesy to his imagination, and philosophy to his reason."... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1872 - 786 pages
...parts of human learning,'1 says he, "have reference to the three parts of man's understanding, which ú the seat of learning: History to his Memory, Poesy...to his Imagination, and Philosophy to his Reason." He gives also a full genealogical table of knowledge, agreeably to this distribution. This is a work... | |
 | Frederick Denison Maurice - Philosophy - 1873 - 744 pages
...Knowledge" which is found in the second part of it. We must remind the reader that, according to Bacon, " The parts of human learning have reference to the...understanding, which is the seat of learning : History to Ids memory, Poesy to his imagination, and Philosophy to his reason." Considering that we are at the... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Logic - 1873 - 438 pages
...knowledge to demand a question not impertinent, so it requireth some sense to make a wish not absurd. I. i '"THE parts of human learning have reference to the...man's understanding, which is the seat of learning : history__to_his memory, £oesyjo_jii§_imagination, and philosophy to his reason. Divine learning... | |
 | David Masson - 1874 - 338 pages
...stated, cursorily but profoundly, in the following sentences from the Advancement of Learning : — " The parts of Human Learning have reference to the...to his Imagination ; and Philosophy to his Reason. . . . Poesy is a part of learning, in measure of words for the most part restrained, but in all other... | |
 | Gotthold Ephraim Lessing - Aesthetics - 1874 - 444 pages
...Lord Bacon, in his ' Advancement of Learning,' had ' The parts of Human Learning have reference to three parts of man's Understanding, which is the seat...Poesy to his Imagination, and Philosophy to his Reason a.' Gurauer remarks that in consequence of this division the English school of thought naturally considered... | |
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The parts of human learning have reference to the three parts of Man's Understanding, which is the seat of learning : History to his Memory, Poesy to his Imagination/ and Philosophy to his Reason. 
