 | James Lee (M.A.) - 1867 - 492 pàgines
...Church turn pale, its pulse of faith beats languidly. — Baptist W. Noel. In contemplation, if a man begin with certainties he shall end in doubts; but...begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.— Bacon. The difficulty of ascertaining precisely whether it be Truth which we have attained, is, in... | |
 | Horae, Henry Holmes Joy - 1873 - 374 pàgines
...to leave them behind us, measuring our advance by keeping them in sight. In contemplation, if a man begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts ; but...to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. Every obtaining of a desire hath a show of advancement, as motion in a circle hath a sign of progression.... | |
 | sir Edward Strachey (3rd bart.) - 1874 - 508 pàgines
...of that date, seems to me at least to claim a more complete discussion than it has yet received. ' If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end...to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties,' says Bacon. And he says, requires the word to indicate tho people of Israel : and he explains it —... | |
 | Sir Edward Strachey - 1874 - 504 pàgines
...of that date, seems to me at least to claim a more complete discussion than it has yet received. ' If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end...to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties,' says Bacon. And he aays, requires the word to indicate the people of Israel : and he explains it —... | |
 | Cassell, ltd - 1876 - 470 pàgines
...deservedly deluded. Again, men mix knowledge with their own particular meditations, conceits, and doctrines. Another error is an impatience of doubt, and haste...and not ingenuous and faithful ; in a sort as may bo soonest believed, and not casiliest examined. It is true that in compendious treatises for practice... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1876 - 504 pàgines
...error is an impatience of doubt, and haste to assertion without due and mature suspension of judgement. For the two ways of contemplation are not unlike the...to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. 9. Another error is in the manner of the tradition and delivery of knowledge, which is for the most... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1877 - 782 pàgines
...soul, he found a musician, that held the soul was but a harmony, saith pleasantly, " Hie ab arte sua non recessit," etc. But of these conceits Aristotle...faithful, in a sort, as may be soonest believed, and most easiliest examined. It is true, that in compendious treatises for practice, that form is not to... | |
 | Anna Brownell Jameson - 1877 - 486 pàgines
...suspension of the judgment, is an error in the conduct of the understanding." " In. contemplation, if a man begin with certainties he shall end in doubts, but...to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties." Well said and profoundly true. This is a celebrated and often-cited passage ; an admitted principle... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1878 - 560 pàgines
...due and mature suspension of judgment. For the two ways of contemplation are not unlike the two waya of action, commonly spoken of by the ancients : the...to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. knowledge, winch is for the most part magistral and peremptory, »nd not ingenuous and faithful ; in... | |
 | George Gore - 1878 - 694 pàgines
...believe a doctrine in suppprt 'H 2 of which we have not sufficient evidence. ' In contemplation, if a man begin with certainties he shall end in doubts ; but...will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties.'1 4. We may reasonably disbelieve any statement in science which we perceive really contradicts... | |
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... 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. 
