 | J. M. Ziman, Professor J M Ziman, Ziman - 1968 - 154 sidor
...in a way that normal poetry and normal life should not and cannot be. 76 5 THE INDIVIDUAL SCIENTIST Where we desire to be informed, 'tis good to contest with men above ourselves; but, to confirm and establish our opinions, 'tis best to argue with judgements below our... | |
 | Cornelis W. Schoneveld - 1983 - 270 sidor
...the latter he had every opportunity to get more information at Leiden. Since Browne had found that 'where we desire to be informed, 'tis good to contest with men above ourselves' (I, 6), who was a better man to turn to than the Leiden professor of Theology, Johannes... | |
 | Pierre-Simon Laplace - 1998 - 270 sidor
...learning cannot annihilate ignorance. [1915, vol. II, p. 6] 20. In his Rcligio Medici Browne writes Where we desire to be informed, 'tis good to contest...opinions, 'tis best to argue with judgments below our own. [1904, Part I, Sect. 6] General principles of the probability calculus 1. Recall that in the previous... | |
 | James Greer - 2006 - 337 sidor
...with their consolations. I have no genius to disputes in religion and I have often thought it wisdom to decline them, especially upon a disadvantage, or...truth might suffer in the weakness of my patronage. That these difficulties might prevent us from expressing in true words the desert in our heart we understand,... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - 1901
...remembered. RELIGIO MEDICI. I HAVE no genius to disputes in religion, and have often thought it wisdom to decline them, especially upon a disadvantage, or...to be informed, 'tis good to contest with men above ourselves ; but to confirm and establish our opinions, 'tis best to argue with judgments below our... | |
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Where we desire to be informed, 'tis good to contest with men above ourselves; but to confirm and establish our opinions, 'tis best to argue with judgments below our own, that the frequent spoils and victories over their reasons may settle in ourselves... 
