Lord Bacon's Essays Continued in Twenty Seven Chapters, Vol. 2 Translated from His Lordship's Treatise, de Augmentis Scientiarum (Classic Reprint)
by Francis Bacon
Excerpt from Lord Bacon's Essays Continued in Twenty Seven Chapters, Vol. 2: Translated From His Lordship's Treatise, De Augmentis Scientiarum
I have often thought, that, if there was any Man, whom God vouchfaf'd to illumi nate with a Beam of Human Knowledge, in there modern Times, it was undoubtedly He. For though he was a' great Reader of Books, yet that he drew his Knowledge from Books only, muft never be granted 5: hut;, from certain Principles and Notiéns, ' lighted up within himfelf which notwith flanding he Vented not rafhly, but with great Caution, and' Circumfpeé'tion. His. Novum Organum which in his own-account was the chiefel't of his Works) was no flight Imagination, 'or Fancy of his Brain 3 but a fixt as it were, and radicated Notion, the Produéiio'n of many. Years inceffant Labour. I my feif have found, among his Lordlhip's private Papers, about twelve Copies of the Novum Organum, labour'd, and reviled from Year to Year, and every ayear fiill further polifh'd and amended, till at lafi; it came to that Frame, in which it was publilh'd As many living Creatures lick their Young, till they bring them to Strength of Limbs.
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Lord Bacon's Essays Continued in Twenty Seven Chapters, Vol. 2 Translated from His Lordship's Treatise, de Augmentis Scientiarum (Classic Reprint)
by Francis Bacon
Excerpt from Lord Bacon's Essays Continued in Twenty Seven Chapters, Vol. 2: Translated From His Lordship's Treatise, De Augmentis Scientiarum
I have often thought, that, if there was any Man, whom God vouchfaf'd to illumi nate with a Beam of Human Knowledge, in there modern Times, it was undoubtedly He. For though he was a' great Reader of Books, yet that he drew his Knowledge from Books only, muft never be granted 5: hut;, from certain Principles and Notiéns, ' lighted up within himfelf which notwith flanding he Vented not rafhly, but with great Caution, and' Circumfpeé'tion. His. Novum Organum which in his own-account was the chiefel't of his Works) was no flight Imagination, 'or Fancy of his Brain 3 but a fixt as it were, and radicated Notion, the Produéiio'n of many. Years inceffant Labour. I my feif have found, among his Lordlhip's private Papers, about twelve Copies of the Novum Organum, labour'd, and reviled from Year to Year, and every ayear fiill further polifh'd and amended, till at lafi; it came to that Frame, in which it was publilh'd As many living Creatures lick their Young, till they bring them to Strength of Limbs.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
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.
Literature & FictionEssays & CorrespondenceEssays
RELEASED2018
PUBLISHER1kg Limited
LENGTH488
LANGUAGEEN