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With very few exceptions, there Was neither experience nor, inspiration among the philo sophers. A giant appeared - this was Bacon never were the discoveries of thought, nor the wonders of nature, so well conceived by the same intelligence. There is nota phrase in his writings which does not imply years of reflection and of study; he animates his metaphysics with his knowledge of the hu man heart; he knows how to generalize /'facts by, philosophy. In physical science he has created the art of experiment; but it does not at all follow, as it has been attempted to make us believe, that he was the advocate of that system exclusively, which grounds all our ideastupon our sensations. He admits inspiration in every thing that belongs to the soul; and he thinks it even necessary, in or der to interpret natural phaenomena accord ing to general principles. But, in his age, there were still alchemists, diviners, and sor cerers: they were ignorant enough of religion, in the greatest part of Europe, to believe that there were some truths of which she forbade the promulgation - she who leads us into all truth. Bacon was struck with these errors -his age had a bias towards superstition, as our age has towards incredulity. At the.
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With very few exceptions, there Was neither experience nor, inspiration among the philo sophers. A giant appeared - this was Bacon never were the discoveries of thought, nor the wonders of nature, so well conceived by the same intelligence. There is nota phrase in his writings which does not imply years of reflection and of study; he animates his metaphysics with his knowledge of the hu man heart; he knows how to generalize /'facts by, philosophy. In physical science he has created the art of experiment; but it does not at all follow, as it has been attempted to make us believe, that he was the advocate of that system exclusively, which grounds all our ideastupon our sensations. He admits inspiration in every thing that belongs to the soul; and he thinks it even necessary, in or der to interpret natural phaenomena accord ing to general principles. But, in his age, there were still alchemists, diviners, and sor cerers: they were ignorant enough of religion, in the greatest part of Europe, to believe that there were some truths of which she forbade the promulgation - she who leads us into all truth. Bacon was struck with these errors -his age had a bias towards superstition, as our age has towards incredulity. At the.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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- Publication date2018
- ISBN 10 066634762X
- ISBN 13 9780666347626
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages428
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