| 1837 - 608 pages
...used by other philosophers, because he wished to arrive at an end altogether different from theirs. What then was the end which Bacon proposed to himself?...sufferings. It was ' the relief of man's estate.':): It was ' com' modis humanis inservire.' § It was ' efficaciter operari ad suble' vanda vilse humane incommoda.'... | |
| 1837 - 538 pages
...extremities. ANCIENT AND MODERN PHILOSOPHY COMPARED. THE end which the great Lord Bacon proposed to himself, was the multiplying of human enjoyments, and the mitigating of human sufferings. The ancient philosophy disdained to be useful, and was content to be stationary. It dealt largely in... | |
| 1838 - 870 pages
...What then was the end which Bacon proposed to himself? It was, to use his own emphatic expression, 1 FRUIT.' It was the multiplying of human enjoyments...relief of man's estate.' It was 'commodis humanis ˇnservire.'t It was ' efficaciter operari nd sublevanda vita; humanîe incommoda.'§ It was ' dotare... | |
| 1838 - 822 pages
...used by other philosophers, because he wished to arrive at an end altogether different from theirs. What then was the end which Bacon proposed to himself? It was, to use his own emphatic expression, ' FBDIT.' It was the multiplying of human enjoyments and the mitigating of human sufferings. It was... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1840 - 512 pages
...used by other philosophers, because he wished to arrive at an end altogether different from theirs. What then was the end which Bacon proposed to himself?...emphatic expression, ' fruit.' It was the multiplying of human.enjoyments and the mitigating of human sufferings. It was ' the relief of man's estate.' { It... | |
| 1840 - 1078 pages
...Britain and France have powerfully contributed. The great aim of Bacon's philosophy was practical. It was the multiplying of human enjoyments, and the mitigating of human sufferings. It was " dotare vitam humanam novis inventis et copiis." It was utility. He laments the propensity of mankind... | |
| 1840 - 534 pages
...Britain and France have powerfully contributed. The great aim of Bacon's philosophy was practical. It was the multiplying of human enjoyments, and the mitigating of human sufferings. It was " dotare vitam humanam novis inventis et copiis." It was utility. He laments the propensity of mankind... | |
| Edward Robinson - 1840 - 536 pages
...Britain and France have powerfully contributed. The great aim of Bacon's philosophy was practical. It was the multiplying of human enjoyments, and the mitigating of human sufferings. It was " dotare vitam humanam novis inventis et copiis." It was utility. He laments the propensity of mankind... | |
| 1847 - 662 pages
...by other philosophers, because he wished to arrive at an end altogether different from theirs. . . . What, then, was the end which Bacon proposed to himself?...enjoyments and the mitigating of human sufferings. . . . Two words form the key of the Baconian philosophy — utility and progress. . . . We conceive... | |
| Alonzo Potter - 1841 - 484 pages
...251. ANCIENT AND MODERN PHILOSOPHY COMPARED. THE end which the great Lord Bacon proposed to himself was the multiplying of human enjoyments and the mitigating of human sufferings. The ancient philosophy disdained to be useful, and was content to be stationary. It dealt largely in... | |
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