The Advancement of Learning
- Sayfa
- 243
- Dil
- İngilizce
- Tür
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‘...I hear the former sort say that knowledge is of those things which are to be accepted of with great limitation and caution; that the aspiring to overmuch knowledge was the original temptation and sin whereupon ensued the fall of man; that knowledge hath in it somewhat of the serpent, and, therefore, where it…
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‘...I hear the former sort say that knowledge is of those things which are to be accepted of with great limitation and caution; that the aspiring to overmuch knowledge was the original temptation and sin whereupon ensued the fall of man; that knowledge hath in it somewhat of the serpent, and, therefore, where it entereth into a man it makes him swell; Scientia inflat; that Solomon gives a censure, “That there is no end of making books, and that much reading is weariness of the flesh;” and again in another place, “That in spacious knowledge there is much contristation, and that he that increaseth knowledge increaseth anxiety;” that Saint Paul gives a caveat, “That we be not spoiled through vain philosophy;” that experience demonstrates how learned men have been arch-heretics, how learned times have been inclined to atheism, and how the contemplation of second causes doth derogate from our dependence upon God, who is the first cause...’
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- Format
- Kitap
- ISBN
- 9786051809663
- Yazar
- Francis Bacon
- Sayfa
- 243
- Cilt
- Ciltsiz
- Kağıt
- 2. Hamur
- Ebat
- 14,0 x 22,0
- Dil
- İngilizce
- Baskı
- Ağustos / 2017
- Yayınevi
- Gece Kitaplığı
