 ... in the entrance of philosophy, when the second causes, which are next unto the senses, do offer themselves to the mind of man, if it dwell and stay there it may induce some oblivion of the highest cause ; but when a man passeth on...  Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy - Page 44by George Lillie Craik - 1846Full view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859 - 594 pages
...for in the entrance of philosophy, when the second causes, which are next unto the senses, do offer themselves to the mind of man, if it dwell and stay...that the highest link of nature's chain must needs be lied to the foot of Jupiter's chair. To conclude therefore, let no man, upon a weak conceit of sobriety,... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859 - 616 pages
...causes, and the works of Providence; then, according to the allegory of the poets, he will easily beJieve that the highest link of nature's chain must needs be tied to the foot of Jupiter's chair." The testimony of his friends is of the same nature. His chaplain and biographer, Dr. Rawley, says,... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1860 - 390 pages
...For in the entrance of philosophy, when the second causes, which are next unto the senses, do offer themselves to the mind of man, if it dwell and stay...must needs be tied to the foot of Jupiter's chair. — Bacon (Adv. of Learning}. P. 235, n., c. 2, 1. 1. — Since fate is nothing more than an interlaced... | |
 | James McCosh - Providence and government of God - 1863 - 588 pages
...; for in the entrance of philosophy, when the second causes which are next unto the senses do offer themselves to the mind of man, if it dwell and stay...chain must needs be tied to the foot of Jupiter's chair."J • See Letters between Leibnitz and Clarke. f Ke Aug. Scien. t Eighth Edition. — The late... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...for in the entrance of philosophy, when the second causes, which are next unto the senses, do offer themselves to the mind of man, if it dwell and stay...dependence of causes, and the works of Providence, tlren, according to the allegory of the poets, he will easily believe that the highest link of nature's... | |
 | Thomas Pearson - Skepticism - 1863 - 344 pages
...continues to govern the world which He has made than that He has abandoned it. " When a man," says' Bacon, "seeth the dependence of causes and the works of Providence,...the poets, he will easily believe that the highest affect to despise the evidence from miracles, for no better reason, we are persuaded, than that it... | |
 | Bible - 1899 - 820 pages
...of difference and discussion ; some of it puerile, some of it erroneous. Lord Bacon said, "When man seeth the dependence of causes, and the works of providence,...must needs be tied to the foot of Jupiter's chair." But has this been the fact? At no period of the world has the costnological argument for the being... | |
 | Columbia College (New York, N.Y.) - 1865 - 128 pages
...: for in the entrance of philosophy, when the second causes which are next unto the senses do offer themselves to the mind of man, if it dwell and stay...poets, he will easily believe that the highest link must needs be tied to the foot of Jupiter's chair." But it may be replied that the foregoing reasoning... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1865 - 784 pages
...for in the entrance of philosophy, when the second causes, which are next unto the senses, do offer themselves to the mind of man, if it dwell and stay...Providence, then, according to the allegory of the poets, lie will easily believe that the highest link of nature's chain must needs be tied to the foot of Jupiter's... | |
 | James McCosh - Providence and government of God - 1867 - 574 pages
...; for in the entrance of philosophy, when the second causes which are next unto the senses do offer themselves to the mind of man, if it dwell and stay...must needs be tied to the foot of Jupiter's chair."! • See Letters between Leibnitz and Clarke. f ne A°g- Scien. t Eighth Edition. — The late Professor... | |
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