The Advancement of LearningRandom House Publishing Group, 01.08.2012 - 254 Seiten Francis Bacon, lawyer, statesman, and philosopher, remains one of the most effectual thinkers in European intellectual history. We can trace his influence from Kant in the 1700s to Darwin a century later. The Advancement of Learning, first published in 1605, contains an unprecedented and thorough systematization of the whole range of human knowledge. Bacon’s argument that the sciences should move away from divine philosophy and embrace empirical observation would forever change the way philosophers and natural scientists interpret their world. |
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... inquiry and invention, he doth in another place rule over, when he saith, “The spirit of man is as the lamp of God, wherewith he searcheth the inwardness of all secrets.” If then such be the capacity and receipt of the mind of man, it ...
... inquiry and invention, he doth in another place rule over, when he saith, “The spirit of man is as the lamp of God, wherewith he searcheth the inwardness of all secrets.” If then such be the capacity and receipt of the mind of man, it ...
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... inquiry into these sensible and material things to attain that light, whereby he may reveal unto himself the nature or will of God, then indeed is he spoiled by vain philosophy: for the contemplation of God's creatures and works ...
... inquiry into these sensible and material things to attain that light, whereby he may reveal unto himself the nature or will of God, then indeed is he spoiled by vain philosophy: for the contemplation of God's creatures and works ...
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