... shooting for the lungs and breast; gentle walking for the stomach; riding for the head; and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again:... The American Journal of Education - Σελίδα 110επεξεργασία από - 1863Πλήρης προβολή - Σχετικά με αυτό το βιβλίο
| Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - 1857 - 578 σελίδες
...riding for the head, and the like ; so, if a man's wits be wandering, let him study the mathematics, for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never...again ; if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find differences,6 let him study the schoolmen, for they are 'cymini sectores;'7 if he be not apt to beat... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1858 - 792 σελίδες
...riding for the head ; and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics ; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never...study the schoolmen; for they are cymini sectores, [splitters of hairs.] If he be not apt to beat over matters 8, and to call up one thing to prove and... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1858 - 790 σελίδες
...riding for the head ; and the like. So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics ; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never...study the schoolmen; for they are cymini sectores, [splitters of hairs.] If he be not apt to beat over matters 8, and to call up one thing to prove and... | |
| Alonzo Potter - 1858 - 478 σελίδες
...greatly to this end. " If a man's wits," says Bacon, " be wandering, let him study the mathematics ; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never...let him study the schoolmen, for they are ' cymini sectoret ;' if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call upon one thing to prove and illustrate... | |
| Alonzo Potter - 1858 - 468 σελίδες
...greatly to this end. " If a man's wits," says Bacon, "be wandering, let him study the mathematics ; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never...differences, let him study the schoolmen, for they are icymini seotores;' if he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call upon one thing to prove and illustrate... | |
| Robert Demaus - 1859 - 612 σελίδες
...riding for the head ; and the like. So, if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematicks ; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never...again ; if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find difference, let him study the schoolmen, for they are hair-splitters ; if he be not apt to beat over... | |
| Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859 - 616 σελίδες
...riding for the head, and the like; so, if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again ; if hia wit be not apt to distinguish or find differences, let him study the schoolmen, for they are 'Cymini... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1859 - 176 σελίδες
...away never so little, he must begin again; if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find difference, let him study the schoolmen, for they are Cymini sectores? If he be not apt to beat over matters, and to call up one thing to prove and illustrate another, let him... | |
| 1859 - 802 σελίδες
...for in demonstrations, if the mind be called away ever so little, he must begin again. If the mind be not apt to distinguish, or find differences, let him study the logicians, for they are "Cyminc sectores ;" able to divide " A hair twixt south and south-west side."... | |
| Robert Demaus - 1860 - 580 σελίδες
...riding for the head ; and the like. So, if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematicks ; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never...again ; if his wit be not apt to distinguish or find difference, let him study the schoolmen, for they are hair-splitters ; if he be not apt to beat over... | |
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