...correction and improvement of his mind with the use and employment thereof." " Wise men use studies: for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom...without them, and above them, won by observation," and many others. Another leading complaint to be made is, that according to the old metaphor, it is...

...much al large, excopt they be bounded in by expérience. Crafty men contemn sludies; simple men admire them; and wise men use them. For they teach not their...without them, and above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse,...

...the most skilful of artificers, if you •will, but an artist never. Lord Bacon says of studies, " They teach not their own use : but that is a wisdom without them and above them." This is the part of every artist's education no man can give him, and is not to be confounded with...

...wholly by their rules is the humor of a scholar. . . . Crafty men condemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them; for they teach not their...that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation."19 Here is a new note, which marks the end of scholasticism — ie, the divorce of knowledge...

...expressed themselves clearly and simply. Francis Bacon (1561-1626) in Of Studies, an essay, wrote: Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and...to weigh and consider. . . . some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence...

...they be bounded in by experience. Crafty3 men contemn* studies, simple* men admire4 them, and wise5 men use them; for they teach not their own use;* but...without them, and above them,* won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse;...

...so to them I owe a special debt of gratitude. PREFACE "Crafty men condemn Studies, Simple men admire them, and wise men use them: for they teach not their own use, but that there is a Wisdom without them, and above them won by Observation." Francis Bacon, "Of Studies," Essays...

...forced to commit suicide in 65 AD. in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies; simple men admire them; and wise men use them, for they teach not their...wisdom without them and above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse,...

...much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men condemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them; for they teach not their own use; but that there is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and con...

...much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men condemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them; for they teach not their...without them, and above them, won by observation. (Bacon, Essays, 1597/1995, p. 128) Like Descartes, Bacon was struck by the errors, confusion, and lack...