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  • And here likewise should close that part of my Instauration which is devoted to pulling down, which part is performed by three refutations: first, by the refutation of the natural human reason, left to itself; secondly, by the refutation of the demonstrations; and thirdly, by the refutation of the theories, or the received systems of philosophy and doctrine.

    The New Organon 2005

  • That general "Instauration" of the sciences which the mighty genius of

    Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth Lucy Aikin 1822

  • a "great Art of knowledge," of an "Instauration" of the sciences, of a

    Bacon John Morley 1852

  • Then it was that the Great Instauration came to pass.

    The Good Book: A Secular Bible by AC Grayling – review 2011

  • It is the purpose of this new treatise, Anthropophilus, to tell you of the things that came to pass in Year I of the Great Instauration or, for those who use the old reckoning, 2011.

    The Good Book: A Secular Bible by AC Grayling – review 2011

  • Neither can I hope to live to complete the sixth part of the Instauration (which is destined for the philosophy discovered by the legitimate interpretation of nature), but hold it enough if in the intermediate business I bear myself soberly and profitably, sowing in the meantime for future ages the seeds of a purer truth, and performing my part toward the commencement of the great undertaking.

    The New Organon 2005

  • My object in publishing my Instauration by parts is that some portion of it may be put out of peril.

    Preparative toward a Natural and Experimental History 2005

  • My object in publishing my Instauration by parts is that some portion of it may be put out of peril.

    Preparative toward a Natural and Experimental History 2005

  • Moreover, to be of good hope, nor to imagine that this Instauration of mine is a thing infinite and beyond the power of man, when it is in fact the true end and termination of infinite error; and seeing also that it is by no means forgetful of the conditions of mortality and humanity

    The Great Instauration 2005

  • Moreover, to be of good hope, nor to imagine that this Instauration of mine is a thing infinite and beyond the power of man, when it is in fact the true end and termination of infinite error; and seeing also that it is by no means forgetful of the conditions of mortality and humanity

    The Great Instauration 2005

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