 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - 1861 - 630 pages
...studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them, for they teach not their own use ; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and... | |
 | John Connery - 1861 - 416 pages
...large, except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them : for they teach not their own use, but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute, nor... | |
 | 1898 - 788 pages
...large, excopt they be bounded in by expérience. Crafty men contemn sludies; simple men admire them; and wise men use them. For they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute, nor... | |
 | Charles Edward Skinner, Ira Morris Gast, Harley Clay Skinner - 1926 - 874 pages
...yourself — What am I looking for? What is the author going to talk about ? Search for the answer. "Read not to contradict, nor to believe, but to weigh and consider." 4. Supervised Study [PBOCTOB, William M., "Supervised Study on the Pacific Coast," School and Society,... | |
 | Will Durant - 1965 - 736 pages
...their rules is the humor of a scholar. . . . Crafty men condemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them; for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation."19 Here is a new note, which marks the... | |
 | B. H. G. Wormald - 1993 - 436 pages
...by their rules, is the humour of a scholar. They perfect Nature, and are perfected by Experience... they teach not their own use, but that [? there] is...not to contradict nor to believe, but to weigh and consider...67 Of Studies' first part as said is unchanged in 1612 and repeats what was published in... | |
 | B. H. G. Wormald - 1993 - 436 pages
...provided in Of Studies (1597) cannot be omitted - though the essay has been extensively cited already. 'Read not to contradict, nor to believe, but to weigh and consider. '25 The injunction is repeated word for word in the version of the essay published in 1612. In the... | |
 | Jon Frederickson - 1999 - 282 pages
...I owe a special debt of gratitude. PREFACE "Crafty men condemn Studies, Simple men admire them, and wise men use them: for they teach not their own use,...without them, and above them won by Observation." Francis Bacon, "Of Studies," Essays f1625) This book is designed to help you develop basic skills of... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1999 - 276 pages
...they be bounded in by experience. Crafty3 men contemn* studies, simple* men admire4 them, and wise5 men use them; for they teach not their own use;* but that is a wisdom without them, and above them,* won by observation. Read not to contradict and confute;... | |
 | 许建平 - 2003 - 388 pages
...large, except they be bounded in by experience. Crafty men condemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them; for they teach not their own use;...above them, won by observation. Read not to contradict and con fute ; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talks and discourse; but to weigh and... | |
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Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. 
