 | 1837 - 538 pages
...man with what he requires while he continues to be a man. The aim of the Platonic philosopher was to raise us far above vulgar wants. The aim of the Baconian...former aim was noble ; but the latter was attainable. Ask the follower of Bacon, what the- new philosophy, as it was called in the time of Charles the Second,... | |
 | 1838 - 870 pages
...provide man with what he requires while he continues to be man. The aim of the Platonic philosophy was to raise us far above vulgar wants. The aim of the Baconian...former aim was noble; but the latter was attainable. Pialo drew a good bow ; but, like Acestes in Virgil, he aimed at the slars; and therefore, though there... | |
 | 1841 - 570 pages
...provide man with what he requires while he continues to be man. The aim of the Platonic philosophy was to raise us far above vulgar wants. The aim of the Baconian...former aim was noble, but the latter was attainable." It may be so ; and if so, we can but say, with one of old, mala cum Platone errare. We would rather... | |
 | Alonzo Potter - 1841 - 484 pages
...man with what he requires, while he continues to be a man. The aim of the Platonic philosophy was to raise us far above vulgar wants. The aim of the Baconian...former aim was noble ; but the latter was attainable. Ask the follower of Bacon, what the new philosophy, as it was called in the time of Charles the Second,... | |
 | 1847 - 662 pages
...provide man with what he requires while he continues man. The aim of the Platonic philosophy was to raise us far above vulgar wants. The aim of the Baconian philosophy was to supply our vulgar wants. . . . Plato drew a good bow ; but, like Acestes in Virgil, he aimed at the stars ; and, therefore,... | |
 | Caleb Sprague Henry, Joseph Green Cogswell - 1841 - 602 pages
...understanding yields to reason, and which a virtuous disposition yields to the precepts of virtue." Baconian philosophy was to supply our vulgar wants....former aim was noble, but the latter was attainable. It may be so; and if so, we can but say, with one of old, mala cum Platone errare. We would rather... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 520 pages
...provide man with what he requires while he continues to be man. The aim of the Platonic philosophy was to raise us far above vulgar wants. The aim of the Baconian...attainable. Plato drew a good bow ; but, like Acestes in Arirgil, he aimed at the stars ; and therefore, though there was no want of strength or skill, the... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 410 pages
...provide man with what he requires while he continues to be man. The aim of the Platonic philosophy was to raise us far above vulgar wants. The aim of the Baconian philosophy was to supply our * De Augmentis, Lib. 8, Cap. 3, Aph, 69. vulgar wants. The former aim was noble; but the latter was... | |
 | George Jabet - 1848 - 284 pages
...philosophy, was to provide man with what he requires, while he continues to be man, and to supply his vulgar wants. The former aim was noble ; but the latter was attainable. Plato drew a good bow, but he aimed at the stars ; therefore the shot was thrown away. Bacon fixed his eye on a mark, which was... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1852 - 764 pages
...provide man with what he requires while he continues to be man. The aim of Ihe Platonic philosophy was to raise us far above vulgar wants. The aim of the Baconian philosophy was to supply our vulgar wanls. The former aim was noble; but the latter was attainable. Plato drew a good bow ; but, like Acestes... | |
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To sum up the whole: we should say that the aim of the Platonic philosophy was to exalt man into a god. The aim of the Baconian philosophy was to provide man with what he requires while he continues to be man. The aim of the Platonic philosophy was to... 
