| John Tulloch - 1866 - 308 páginas
...like. So. if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics ; for, in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin...distinguish or find differences, let him study the schoolmen ; if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call up one thing to prove or illustrate another, let... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1867 - 440 páginas
...— " He could distinguish and divide A hair 'twin soulh and south-west side." demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little he must begin again...let him study the schoolmen, for they are " Cymini sector es ;" if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call upon one thing to prove and illustrate... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1868 - 786 páginas
...like ; so, if a man's wits be wandering, let him study the mathematics, for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin...every defect of the mind may have a special receipt. ANT1THETA ON STUDIES. PRo. CONTRA. ' Lectio est conversatio cum pruden- ' Quse unquam ars docuit tempestitibus... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1868 - 530 páginas
...are " Cymini sectores " (splitters of cummin, hair splitters). If he be not apt to beat over matters, to call upon one thing to prove and illustrate another;...every defect of the mind may have a special receipt (remedy). 2. OF TKUTH.1 (FBOM THE SAME WOBK.) " WHAT is truth ? " said jesting Pilate ;2 and would... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1868 - 472 páginas
...like. So if a Mans Wit be Wandring, let him Study the Mathematicks ; For in Demonstrations, if his Wit be called away never so little, he must begin...distinguish or find differences, let him Study the Schoole-men; For they are Cymini seflores. If he be not Apt to beat over Matters, and to call up one... | |
| sir William Smith - 1869 - 382 páginas
...like ; so if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematies ; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin...Cymini sectores." " If he be not apt to beat over '2 matters, and to call up one thing to prove and illustrate another, let him study the lawyers' cases... | |
| Class-book - 1869 - 344 páginas
...like ; so, if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics, for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin...differences, let him study the schoolmen, for they are hair-splitters ; if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call upon one thing to prove and illustrate... | |
| English authors - 1869 - 458 páginas
...the schoolmen, for they are Cymini sectores. If he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call up one thing to prove and illustrate another, let him...every defect of the mind may have a special receipt. 4. King Henry the Seventh. No doubt, in him as in all men (and most of all in kings) his fortune wrought... | |
| Marcius Willson - 1870 - 382 páginas
...be not apt to distinguish or find differences', let him study the disputations of the schoolmen' ; if he be not apt to beat over matters', and to call...every defect of the mind may have a special receipt. LESSON XXV. THE TWO WEAVERS. HANNAH MORE. [This excellent and accomplished person, who was born in... | |
| 1870 - 636 páginas
...be wandering," says my Lord Bacon, " let him study the mathematics ; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin...study the schoolmen ; for they are cymini sectores, (splitters of hairs.) If he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call up one thing to prove and... | |
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