The vanity of arts and sciences /
"It is an old opinion, and the concurring and unanimous judgment almost all philosophers, whereby they uphold, that every Science addeth so much of a sublime Nature to Man himself, according to the Capacity and worth of every person, as many times enables then to Translate themselves beyond the...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Early English books online.
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| Summary: | "It is an old opinion, and the concurring and unanimous judgment almost all philosophers, whereby they uphold, that every Science addeth so much of a sublime Nature to Man himself, according to the Capacity and worth of every person, as many times enables then to Translate themselves beyond the Limits of humanity, even to the Celestial Seats of the Blessed. From hence have proceeded those various and innumerable Encomiums of the Sciences, whereby every one hath endeavour'd, in accurate, as well as long. I, persuaded by reasons of another nature, do verily believe, that there is nothing more pernicious, nothing more destructive to the well-being of Men, or to the Salvation of our Souls, than the Arts and Sciences themselves"--chapter. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved). |
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| Item Description: | Reproduction of original in the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign Campus). Library. Prefixed: "The life of Henry Cornelius Agrippa"; "His epitaph"; "On the learned author ..." Verse pages [12] signed: S.S. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (19 unnumbered pages, 368 pages) |