...(from which all knowledge in nature must be sought, unless men mean to go mad} and a not unskilful interpreter of its oracles ; and that while others...and kindling and bringing it to bear. And they would f be sufficient of themselves, if the human intellect were even, and like a fair sheet of paper with...

...(from which all knowledge in nature must be sought, unless men mean to go man ; and a not unskilful interpreter of its oracles ; and that while others...nature and kindling and bringing it to bear." And finally, he put this Induction to a crucial test, in the discovery of the then unknown nature of Heat....

...And thus I conceive that 1 perform the office of a true priest of the sense... and a not unskilful interpreter of its oracles; and that while others...uphold and cultivate the sense, I do so in fact.... Moreover, whenever I come to a new experiment of any subtlety...! subjoin a clear account of the manner...

...(from which all knowledge in nature must be sought, unless men mean to go mad) and a not unskilful interpreter of its oracles ; and that while others...even, and like a fair sheet of paper with no writing upon it. But since the minds of men are strangely possessed and beset, so that there is no true and...

...Philosophers, p. 17. Bacon goes on to say: "And thus I conceive that I perform the office of a true priest of sense (from which all knowledge in nature must be...to uphold and cultivate the sense, I do so in fact" (pp. 17-18). 10. Ibid., p. 18. 11. Bacon, Novum Organum, Aphorisms, bk. 1, secs. 38-62, in The English...

...the beginning of the Novum Organum (1620) he writes: such then are the provisions I make for f1nding the genuine light of nature and kindling and bringing it to bear. And they would be suff1cient of themselves, if the human intellect were even, and like a fair sheet of paper with no...

...the office of a true priest of the sense . . . and a not unskillful interpreter of its oracles' (22); and that while others 'only profess to uphold and cultivate the sense, I do so in fact'. Two important points emerge here. The first refers itself to the question of where, in conducting our...

...And thus I conceive that I perform the office of a true priest of the sense... and a not unskilful interpreter of its oracles ; and that while others...uphold and cultivate the sense, I do so in fact.. ..Moreover, whenever I come to a new experiment of any subtlety...! subjoin a clear account of the...