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... by the analogy of the known ; in fine , to enable man to an- ticipate the future , by referring the past to general rules . From the first dawnings of infant reason , to the matured wisdom of age , the B 3 ON THE USE AND ABUSE OF THEORY .
... by the analogy of the known ; in fine , to enable man to an- ticipate the future , by referring the past to general rules . From the first dawnings of infant reason , to the matured wisdom of age , the B 3 ON THE USE AND ABUSE OF THEORY .
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A New Edition Brought Down to the Present Time. reason , to the matured wisdom of age , the mind instinctively operates in this direction , and is ever striving , whether consciously or not , to generalize truth , and to enlarge its ...
A New Edition Brought Down to the Present Time. reason , to the matured wisdom of age , the mind instinctively operates in this direction , and is ever striving , whether consciously or not , to generalize truth , and to enlarge its ...
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... wisdom , silent indeed to the scoffer , but vocal to the wise , and given for his instruction . Would he learn humility ? let him rise from sphere to sphere , till he lose himself in the immensity of Nature's plan ; and he shall find it ...
... wisdom , silent indeed to the scoffer , but vocal to the wise , and given for his instruction . Would he learn humility ? let him rise from sphere to sphere , till he lose himself in the immensity of Nature's plan ; and he shall find it ...
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... wisdom and folly , so unhappy a record of misplaced acuteness , and talents , either wasted , or criminally perverted . The ABUSE of Theory , though it is an evil which obtrudes itself upon the sight with the most painful frequency ...
... wisdom and folly , so unhappy a record of misplaced acuteness , and talents , either wasted , or criminally perverted . The ABUSE of Theory , though it is an evil which obtrudes itself upon the sight with the most painful frequency ...
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... wisdom . There could be nothing fallacious in the deduc- tions of reason , so well sharpened and disciplined in the wordy war . Of the multitudes who err , none are so wedded to their own peculiar tenets , as those who attribute them to ...
... wisdom . There could be nothing fallacious in the deduc- tions of reason , so well sharpened and disciplined in the wordy war . Of the multitudes who err , none are so wedded to their own peculiar tenets , as those who attribute them to ...
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Página 262 - And missing thee, I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green. To behold the wandering moon, Riding near her highest noon. Like one that had been led astray Through the heaven's wide pathless way, And oft, as if her head she bowed, Stooping through a fleecy cloud.
Página 261 - Lead in swift round the months and years. The sounds and seas, with all their finny drove, Now to the moon in wavering morrice move ; And, on the tawny sands and shelves, Trip the pert fairies and the dapper elves.
Página 17 - Him with her loved society; that now, As with new wine intoxicated both, They swim in mirth, and fancy that they feel Divinity within them breeding wings, Wherewith to scorn the earth...
Página 23 - And hence one master passion in the breast. Like Aaron's serpent, swallows up the rest.
Página 287 - For the two ways of contemplation are not unlike the two ways of action, commonly spoken of by the ancients ; the one plain and smooth in the beginning, and in the end impassable ; the other rough and troublesome in the entrance, but after a while fair and even...
Página 20 - Caecum agit, insanum Chrysippi porticus et grex Autumat. Haec populos, haec magnos formula reges 45 Excepto sapiente tenet. Nunc accipe, quare Desipiant omnes aeque ac tu, .qui tibi nomen Insano posuere. Velut silvis, ubi passim Palantes error certo de tramite pellit, • Ille sinistrorsum , hie dextrorsum abit, unus utrique 50 Error, sed variis illudit partibus, hoc te Crede modo insanum, nihilo ut sapientior ille, Qui te deridet, caudam trahat.
Página 36 - So it is in contemplation ; 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.
Página 234 - Quid tam temerarium tamque indignum sapientis gravitate atque constantia, quam aut falsum sentire, aut quod non satis explorate: perceptum sit, et cognitum, sine ulla dubitatione defendere ?—Cic.
Página 94 - Nempe inter varias nutritur silva columnas, Laudaturque domus, longos quae prospicit agros. Naturam expellas furca, tamen usque recurret, Et mala perrumpet furtim fastidia victrix.
Página 39 - ... examining the power and nature of words, as they are the footsteps and prints of reason : which kind of analogy between words and reason is handled sparsim...