 | Elijah Coleman Bridgman, Samuel Wells Williams - China - 1839 - 674 pages
...his attention. What au able peu recently wrote of England previous to Bacon's time, is apposite here. "The ancient philosophy disdained to be useful, and...to the attainment of unattainable frames of mind." — Just so it has been in China. " The wise man lives according to nature. Instead of attempting to... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Biography - 1844 - 336 pages
...Bacon's philosophy was its direct opposition to all that had previously existed under the same name. " The ancient philosophy disdained to be useful, and...sublime that they never could be more than theories." Bacon's, on the contrary, was essentially a philosophy of utility and progress ; he thought the fruit... | |
 | Robert Sears - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1844 - 514 pages
...that philosophy was its direct antagonism to all that had previously existed under the same name. " The ancient philosophy disdained to be useful, and...sublime that they never could be more than theories." Bacon's, on the contrary, was essentially a philosophy of utility and progress — he thought the '... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Indians - 1844 - 680 pages
...Bacon's philosophy was its direct opposition to all that had previously existed under the same name. " The ancient philosophy disdained to be useful, and...sublime that they never could be more than theories." Bacon's, on the contrary, was essentially a philosophy of utility and progress ; he thought the fruit... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1846 - 782 pages
...legislation, in politics, in morals. Two words form the key of the Baconian doctrine — utility and progress. nations is therefore inblime that they never could be more than theories ; in attempts to solve insoluble enigmas ; in exhortations... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1850 - 342 pages
...legislation, in politics, in morals. Two words form the key of the Baconian doctrine , Utility and Progress. The ancient philosophy disdained to be useful, and was content to be stationary. It dealtlargely in theories of moral perfection, which were so sublime that they never could be more than... | |
 | English essays - 1852 - 780 pages
...legislation, in politics, in morals. Two words form the key of the Baconian doctrine — utility and progress. been foblime that they never could be more than theories; in attempts to solve insoluble enigmas; in exhortations... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1853 - 596 pages
...legislation, in politics, in morals. Two words form the key of the Baconian doctrine, Utility and Progress. The ancient philosophy disdained to be useful, and...perfection, which were so sublime that they never could * Novum Orgamtm, Lib. 1. Aph. 81. f De Augmentis, Lib. 1. J Cogitata et visa. § Advancement of Learning,... | |
 | HODGES - 1856 - 780 pages
...Baconian doctrine he describes as Utility and Progress. " The ancient philosophy," Mr. Macaulay adds, " disdained to be useful, and was content to be stationary....theories ; in attempts to solve insoluble enigmas; inexhortations to the attainment of unattainable frames of mind. It could not condescend to the humble... | |
 | HODGES - 1856 - 780 pages
...Baconian doctrine he describes as Utility and Progress. " The ancient philosophy," Mr. Macaulay adds, " disdained to be useful, and was content to be stationary....theories ; in attempts to solve insoluble enigmas; inexhortations to the attainment of unattainable frames of mind. It could not condescend to the humble... | |
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Two words form the key of the Baconian doctrine, Utility and Progress. The ancient philosophy disdained to be useful, and was content to be stationary. It dealt largely in theories of moral perfection, which were so sublime that they never could be more... 
