 To sum up the whole : we should say that the aim of the Platonic philosophy was to exalt man into a god. The aim of the Baconian philosophy was to provide man with what he requires while he continues to be man.  A Third Gallery of Portraits - Стр. 263авторы: George Gilfillan - 1855 - Страниц: 468Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | John Drinkwater - 1923 - Страниц: 528
...OF MELANCHOLY unity, and upon its practical aim. It is sufficient here to quote Macaulay's summary: "The aim of the Platonic philosophy was to raise us...Baconian philosophy was to supply our vulgar wants." Unfortunately Bacon was too conservative to abandon the old custom of writing all his most important... | |
 | 1906 - Страниц: 978
...the motive he gave men for applying this system of reasoning to the affairs of life generally, which was, "to provide man with what he requires while he continues to be man." As Macaulay has said of inductive philosophy. "It began in observation and ended in art." For it is... | |
 | Frank M. Turner - 1984 - Страниц: 496
...impracticality in comparison with the productive wisdom of Bacon, informed the readers of the Edinburgh Review: The aim of the Platonic philosophy was to exalt man...Baconian philosophy was to supply our vulgar wants. . . . Plato drew a good bow; but, like Acestes in Virgil, he aimed at the stars; and therefore, though... | |
 | Bruce Robbins - 1990 - Страниц: 408
...367l. If the "aim of the Plutonic philosophy was to exalt man into a god." the better aim of Bacon was to "provide man with what he requires while he continues to be man" l382l. Resolutely local in his thought. Mucaulay insisted that "an acre in Middlesex is better than... | |
 | William J. Federer, William Joseph Federer - 1994 - Страниц: 868
...admire it.6 In On Lord Bacon, 1837, Lord Macaulay concluded: To sum up the whole, we should say that the aim of the Platonic philosophy was to exalt man into a god.7 James Madison QtOTfjt McufDonaM, (1824-1905), was a Scottish novelist and writer of children's... | |
 | Bret Wallach - 2005 - Страниц: 420
...on Francis Bacon. In it he writes that "the aim of Platonic philosophy was to raise us far above our vulgar wants. The aim of the Baconian philosophy was...former aim was noble; but the latter was attainable. ..." Macauley pushes his point: "the wise man of the Stoics would, no doubt, be a grander object than... | |
 | Colin Heydt - 2006 - Страниц: 174
...Philosophic Radicals, shared with Bentham and others like him: To sum up the whole, we should say that the aim of the Platonic philosophy was to exalt man...former aim was noble; but the latter was attainable . . . The philosophy of Plato began in words and ended in words, noble words indeed, words such as... | |
 | Philip Abbott - 2007 - Страниц: 198
...Macaulay is comparing the new political philosophy with the old: To sum up the whole, we should say that the aim of the Platonic philosophy was to exalt man...wants. The former aim was noble; but the latter was attainable.3 So, if the aim of the new city or state was to supply our vulgar wants, or, as James Madison... | |
 | Brian J. Coman - 2007 - Страниц: 188
...make men perfect was no part of Bacon's plan. His humble aim was to make imperfect men comfortable... The aim of the Platonic philosophy was to raise us...Baconian philosophy was to supply our vulgar wants. Nor is Macaulay's a lone voice. Shortly after Bacon's time, Abraham Cowley expressed similar thoughts... | |
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