The Battle of the Books in Its Historical SettingB.W. Huebsch, Incorporated, 1920 - 223 oldal |
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35. oldal
... reverence and caution ; that poesy is too holy to be put to no other uses than to exercise the lungs and to delight our ears . . . . It is not fit that a printer in his shop , amongst his vain and frivolous thoughts should be permitted ...
... reverence and caution ; that poesy is too holy to be put to no other uses than to exercise the lungs and to delight our ears . . . . It is not fit that a printer in his shop , amongst his vain and frivolous thoughts should be permitted ...
49. oldal
... reverence of earlier writers , but in a questioning spirit . We hear cen- sured the devotion to ancient knowledge ; the wor- ship of its authority ; the use of Aristotelian dialectic ; the adherence to accepted books instead of observa ...
... reverence of earlier writers , but in a questioning spirit . We hear cen- sured the devotion to ancient knowledge ; the wor- ship of its authority ; the use of Aristotelian dialectic ; the adherence to accepted books instead of observa ...
50. oldal
... reverence for antiquity prevents ac- curacy of research . " For as things now are , if an untruth in nature be once on foot , what by reason of the neglect of examination and countenance of antiquity ... it is never called down . " 15 ...
... reverence for antiquity prevents ac- curacy of research . " For as things now are , if an untruth in nature be once on foot , what by reason of the neglect of examination and countenance of antiquity ... it is never called down . " 15 ...
51. oldal
... reverence . Greek drama he rarely mentions . Plato as a poet he admires . " For it is a most beautiful emblem , that of Plato's cave . " And the Greek myths he loves.16 But here again , it is the allegory which allures him ; while his ...
... reverence . Greek drama he rarely mentions . Plato as a poet he admires . " For it is a most beautiful emblem , that of Plato's cave . " And the Greek myths he loves.16 But here again , it is the allegory which allures him ; while his ...
63. oldal
... reverence and deference to Authority cloaked in the Written Word . He pictures the Peripatetic's dismay when robbed of his " Guide . " Last of all with consummate skill he lays bare the fatuous habit by which the unintelligent sweep all ...
... reverence and deference to Authority cloaked in the Written Word . He pictures the Peripatetic's dismay when robbed of his " Guide . " Last of all with consummate skill he lays bare the fatuous habit by which the unintelligent sweep all ...
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140. oldal - Way of using Books at present, is twofold: Either first, to serve them as some Men do Lords, learn their Titles exactly, and then brag of their Acquaintance. Or Secondly, which is indeed the choicer, the profounder, and politer Method, to get a thorough Insight into the Index, by which the whole Book is governed and turned, like Fishes by the Tail.
46. oldal - I am labouring to lay the foundation, not of any sect or doctrine, but of human utility and power.
145. oldal - ... by a lazy contemplation of four inches round, by an overweening pride, feeding and engendering on itself, turns all into excrement and venom, producing nothing at all, but flybane and a cobweb ; or that which, by a universal range, with long search, much study, true judgment, and distinction of things, brings home honey and wax.
203. oldal - From these and all long errors of the way, In which our wandering predecessors went, And, like th' old Hebrews, many years did stray, In deserts but of small extent, Bacon, like Moses, led us forth at last : The barren wilderness he past ; Did on the very border stand Of the blest promis'd land ; And from the mountain's top of his exalted wit, Saw it himself, and shew'd us it.
146. oldal - As for us the Ancients, we are content with the bee to pretend to nothing of our own, beyond our wings and our voice; that is to say, our flights and our language. For the rest, whatever we have got, has been by infinite labour and search, and ranging through every corner of nature.
57. oldal - There was but one course left, therefore— to try the whole thing anew upon a better plan, and to commence a total reconstruction of sciences, arts, and all human knowledge, raised upon the proper foundations.
140. oldal - By these methods, in a few weeks, there starts up many a writer, capable of managing the profoundest, and most universal subjects. For, what though his head be empty, provided his commonplace book be full ; and if you will bate him but * Herodot.
145. oldal - I am glad, answered the bee, to hear you grant at least that I am come honestly by my wings and my voice ; for then, it seems, I am obliged to Heaven alone for my flights and my music ; and Providence would never have bestowed on me two such gifts, without designing them for the noblest ends. I visit indeed all the flowers and blossoms of the field and...
145. oldal - I know, have been labour and method enough; but, by woful experience for us both, it is too plain the materials are naught; and I hope you will henceforth take warning, and consider duration and matter, as well as method and art. You boast indeed of being obliged to no other creature, but of drawing and spinning...