‘...I hear the former sort say that knowledge is of those things which are to be accepted of with great limitation and caution; that the aspiring to overmuch knowledge was the original temptation and sin whereupon ensued the fall of man; that knowledge hath in it somewhat of the serpent, and, therefore, where it entereth into a man it makes him swell; Scientia inflat; that Solomon gives a censure, "That there is no end of making books, and that much reading is weariness of the flesh;" and again in another place, "That in spacious knowledge there is much contristation, and that he that increaseth knowledge increaseth anxiety;" that Saint Paul gives a caveat, "That we be not spoiled through vain philosophy;" that experience demonstrates how learned men have been arch-heretics, how learned times have been inclined to atheism, and how the contemplation of second causes doth derogate from our dependence upon God, who is the first cause...'
Format | :Kitap |
Barkod | :9786051809663 |
Yayın Tarihi | :2017-09-06 |
Yayın Dili | :İngilizce |
Orjinal Adı | :The Advancement of Learning |
Baskı Sayısı | :1.Baskı |
Sayfa Sayısı | :249 |
Kapak | :Karton |
Kağıt | :2.Hamur |
Boyut | :135 X 215 |
Yazar | : | Francis Bacon |