 | William C. Dowling - 2006 - 204 pages
...had been in the days of Harvey and the Royal Society. "The world," says Browne, "was made to be ... studied and contemplated by man; 'tis the debt of our reason we owe unto God." For in the absence of human consciousness, the universe would still be "as though it had not been,... | |
 | 1898 - 1090 pages
...must have read : " There is no danger to profound these mysteries, no iancbim sanctorum in philosophy. The world was made to be inhabited by beasts, but studied and contemplated by man ; 'tis the debt of onr reason we owe unto God, and the homage we pay for not being beasts Those highly magnify Him, whose... | |
 | Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society - 1868 - 986 pages
...contributions of former years. BY WP COCKS. "LABOUR ITSELF 18 PLEASURE." September, 1870. falmouth. " The world was made to be inhabited by beasts, but studied and contemplated by man ; it is the debt of our reason we owe unto GOD and the homage we pay for not being beasts — without... | |
 | 1885 - 456 pages
...Cambridge, his courting his Mistris out of Stephens his Thesaurus [of Sir Thos. Browne]. — Ibid. This world was made to be inhabited by Beasts, but studied and contemplated by Man. — Sir Thomas Browne. The severe schooles shall never laugh me out of the opinion of Hermes, that... | |
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The world was made to be inhabited by beasts, but studied and contemplated by man : 'tis the debt of our reason we owe unto God, and the homage we pay for not being beasts. 
