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" ... if we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts ; but if we begin with doubts, and are patient in them, we shall end in certainties. "
Mechanics' Magazine - Page 404
1857
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The Works of Francis Bacon: De augmentis scientiaurum

Francis Bacon - 1815 - 324 pages
...Aristotle says well : " Those who take in but a few considerations, may easily pronounce. * Another error is, an impatience of doubting, and a blind hurry...are patient in them, we shall end in certainties. t Another error lies in the manner of delivering knowledge, which is generally magisterial and peremptory,...
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Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel ..., Volume 66

Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1857 - 644 pages
...first, but in the end impassable; the other rough and fatiguing in the entrance, but soon after fnir and even ; so in contemplation, if we begin with certainties,...establish its truth ? I think not. How can a man who has not made, and cannot make the calculation, decide whether the arithmetical sum of the various attractions...
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The Physical and Metaphysical Works of Lord Bacon ...

Francis Bacon - 1872 - 602 pages
...authors Aristotle says well : " Those who take in but a few considerations easily decide."/ Another error is, an impatience of doubting and a blind hurry...are patient in them, we shall end in certainties. Another error lies in the manner of delivering knowledge, which is generally magisterial and peremptory,...
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Novum organum

Francis Bacon - 1878 - 686 pages
...There is a passage in the De Augmentis (bk. i.) in which he says, if not truly, at least finely : ' if we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts...are patient in them, we shall end in certainties.' 48 Here commences the doctrine of the Idola, which is, perhaps, the best-known, as it is, certainly,...
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Bacon's Novum organum

Francis Bacon - 1878 - 702 pages
...There is a passage in the De Augmentis (bk. i.) in which he says, if not truly, at least finely: ' if we begin with certainties, we shall end in doubts;...are patient in them, we shall end in certainties.' 43 Here commences the doctrine of the Idola, which is, perhaps, the best-known, as it is, certainly,...
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The Works of Walter Bagehot: With Memoirs by R. H. Hutton, Volume 2

Walter Bagehot - 1891 - 462 pages
...knowledge how we stand respecting them. The shrewdest man of the world who ' ever lived tells us that " If we begin with certainties we shall end in doubts ; but if we begin with doubts . . . we shall end in certainties : " * and the maxim is even more applicable to matters which are...
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The Works of Walter Bagehot ...

Walter Bagehot - 1891 - 470 pages
...knowledge how we stand respecting them. The shrewdest man of the world who ever lived tells us that " If we begin with certainties we shall end in doubts ; but if we begin with doubts . . . we shall end in certainties : " * and the maxim is even more applicable to matters which are...
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Advancement of Learning and Novum Organum

Francis Bacon - 1900 - 542 pages
...authors Aristotle says well: " Those who take in but a few considerations easily decide."' Another error is, an impatience of doubting and a blind hurry...are patient in them, we shall end in certainties. Another error lies in the manner of delivering knowledge, which is generally magisterial and peremptory,...
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Physical and Metaphysical Works: Including the Advancement of Learning and ...

Francis Bacon - 1901 - 606 pages
...authors Aristotle says well : " Those who take in but a few considerations easily decide.")' Another error is, an impatience of doubting and a blind hurry...are patient in them, we shall end in certainties. Another error lies in the manner of delivering knowledge, which is generally magisterial and peremptory,...
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Advancement of Learning

Francis Bacon - 1902 - 440 pages
...arte sua non recessit. " — Tuscul. Qusest. ic 10. Another error is, an impatience of doubting aud a blind hurry of asserting without a mature suspension...are patient in them, we shall end in certainties. Another error lies in the manner of delivering knowledge, which is generally magisterial and peremptory,...
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