The Advancement of Learning (Volume 2) (Paperback)

Book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1895. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... 14. percase, perchance. The word is taken from the Latin idiom. 16. civil states consist, political communities are held together. 23. manners, character. 24. wherein, i.e.. among the things which influence the mind. See Bacon's Essays, 27, "Of Friendship"; 38, "Of Nature in Men"; 39, "Of Custom and Education"; 40, "Of Fortune"; 50, "Of Studies "; 53, "Of Praise." 27. these as they have, etc. The text is probably corrupt. The meaning of the sentence is, 'These are the things which are of definite use in ethical treatises, and it is by these that the mind is influenced.' 'Suffering' is used not in the sense of 'enduring pain, ' but, according to the Latin idiom, of 'being influenced.' 28. receipts, prescriptions. regiments, p. 53, 1. 1. This word, also, like ' receipts, ' is generally used in connection with medicine. 30. estate, condition. as far as pertaineth, etc., i.e. as far as the health of the mind can be preserved by human remedies. The care of men's minds belongs, in the last resort, to 'sacred divinity.' 36. consist, are fixed. See Aristotle's Ethics, Bk. 2, ch. L Page 125, line 7. admitteth a latitude, may be modified to a certain extent. A man's nature, for instance, may be improved within certain limits, though it cannot be radically altered. Cf. "Nature is often hidden; sometimes overcome; seldom extinguished "--Essay 38; cf. Hor. Ep. i. 10-20, "You may drive out nature with a fork, but she will always come back." 13. manners, character. 15. allowing his conclusion, see on p. 102, 1. 32. 21. we beware, etc., let us beware of aiming either at too much or too little. 24. you breed, etc., i.e. you make a man entertain hopes of accomplishing more than he can really accomplish. 26. Insatisfaction, dissatisfaction. of, cf. Bk. 1, p. 53, 1. 19. 30. several, diff...