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A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion

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Books must follow sciences, and not sciences b

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Wonder is the seed of knowledge

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They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.

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Nay, the same Solomon the king, although he excelled in the glory of treasure and magnificent buildings, of shipping and navigation, of service and at...more

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For all knowledge and wonder (which is the seed of knowledge) is an impression of pleasure in itself.

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The general root of superstition : namely, that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss; and commit to memory the one, and forget and pass...more

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Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.

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A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion

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Books must follow sciences, and not sciences b

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Wonder is the seed of knowledge

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Nay, the same Solomon the king, although he excelled in the glory of treasure and magnificent buildings, of shipping and navigation, of service and at...more

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For all knowledge and wonder (which is the seed of knowledge) is an impression of pleasure in itself.

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The general root of superstition : namely, that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss; and commit to memory the one, and forget and pass...more

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Histories make men wise; poets, witty; the mathematics, subtle; natural philosophy, deep; moral, grave; logic and rhetoric, able to contend.