| George Gluyas Mercer - 1889 - Liczba stron: 48
...all the dogmas of any sect of Christians. "If a man begins with certainties," says Lord Bacon, "he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he will end with certainties." The theology of such men does not pretend to completeness; it is only a... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1889 - Liczba stron: 668
...(bk. i.) in which he says, if not truly, at least finely : ' if a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts ; but if he will be content to begin with doubts ('eaque aliquandiu patienter toleret.' De Augmentis), he shall end in certainties.' ** Here commences... | |
| Theodore Whitefield Hunt - 1890 - Liczba stron: 328
...after a while, fair and even ; 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. But the greatest error of all the rest is, the mistaking or misplacing of the last or furthest end... | |
| Maturin Murray Ballou - 1894 - Liczba stron: 604
...Hill. When you doubt, abstain. — Zoroaster. In contemplation, if a man begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts ; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. — Bacon. We know accurately only when we know little ; with knowledge doubt increases. — Goethe.... | |
| 1899 - Liczba stron: 704
...taxation is a compensation for liberty. Hhmtcsqnieu. In contemplation, if a man begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts ; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall i end in certainties. Bacon. In conversation, boldness now bears sway. l Georgs Herbert, In conversation,... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1900 - Liczba stron: 462
...but after a while fair and even. 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. Another error is in the manner of the tradition and delivery of knowledge, which is for the most part... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1902 - Liczba stron: 442
...so it is in contemplation, if a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts ; but if be will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. ' Another error is in the manner of the tradition or delivery of knowledge, which is for the most part... | |
| Hendrik Poutsma - 1928 - Liczba stron: 556
...assertion without due and mature suspension of judgment . . . 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." Above all one ought to abstain from wresting the available evidence regarding a given point into harmony... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1902 - Liczba stron: 442
...but after a while fair and even ; 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. ' Another error is in the manner of the tradition or delivery of knowledge, which is for the most part... | |
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