 | Francis Bacon - 2002 - 868 lapas
...agitation0 of wit, spin out unto us those laborious webs of learning which are extant in their books. For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures0 of God, worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby; but if it work upon itself,... | |
 | Stanley Wells - 2002 - 276 lapas
...human wit turned in upon itself, rather than working 'according to the stuff, and thus 'bring . . . forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the fineness of thread and work but of no great substance or profit'. 14 The Question of Hamlet' (New York, 1961), p. 18. much too absorbed in... | |
 | Brian Vickers - 2002 - 600 lapas
...authors - but from some internal sources: 'for the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, . . . worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby; but if it worketh upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it ... brings forth indeed cobwebs of learning,... | |
 | Nicola Giocoli - 2003 - 482 lapas
...a kind of quickness and life of spirit, but no soundness of matter or goodness of quality. ... For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which...of thread and work, but of no substance or profit. (Bacon 1915 [1605], 25-6) Contents Acknowledgments ix 1. Introduction: Two Images of Economics 1 2.... | |
 | Gunther R. Kress - 2003 - 212 lapas
...agitation of wit spin out unto us those laborous webs of learning which are extant in their books. For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which...of thread and work; but of no substance or profit. Bacon, The Advancement of Learning, I.iv.5 By the time of Milton's writing, printing presses had become... | |
 | A.P.R. Howatt, H.G. Widdowson - 2004 - 444 lapas
...Schoolmen with their 'vermiculate' (tortuous) argumentation and their fondness for abstraction, who 'bring forth indeed cobwebs of learning, admirable for the...fineness of thread and work but of no substance or profit'.15 'Substance' and its investigation were his chief concerns, not 'the monstrous altercations... | |
 | Richard A. Lanham - 2006 - 327 lapas
...existence I continue to believe. Crestwood Hills, Los Angeles, 2005 CHAPTER ONE (STUFF AND FLUFF) For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God,worketh according to the stuff, and is limited thereby, but if it work upon itself, as the spider... | |
 | Graham Arthur Cole - 2007 - 312 lapas
...2003), 1-2, emphasis mine. 9. Francis Bacon (1561-1626), The Advancement of Learning, book 1:5: "For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which...according to the stuff, and is limited thereby; but if it worl [sic] upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth indeed... | |
 | Rhodri Lewis - 2007 - 24 lapas
...speculations. In a telling passage, Bacon reflected that the wit and niinde of man, if it worke vpon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God worketh according to the stuffe, and is limited thereby; but if it worke vpon it selfe, as the Spider worketh his webbe, then... | |
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For the wit and mind of man, if it work upon matter, which is the contemplation of the creatures of God, worketh according to the stuff and is limited thereby; but if it work upon itself, as the spider worketh his web, then it is endless, and brings forth... 
