The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of…

Francis Bacon
204 citations
The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding. ✨ 1620 Novum Organum, bk.1, aphorism10.
Time
31

More Author Quotes

The Syllogism consists of propositions, propositions consist of words, words are symbols of notions. Therefore if the notions themselves (which is the root of the matter) are confused and over-hastil … ▶
Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
It is a sad fate for a man to die too well known to everybody else, and still unknown to himself. ✨ Francis Bacon, John Milton (2010). Essays, Civil and Moral & the New Atlantis by Francis Bacon: Aer … ▶
Such philosophy as shall not vanish in the fume of subtile, sublime, or delectable speculation but shall be operative to the endowment and betterment of man's life.
There are and can be only two ways of searching into and discovering truth. The one flies from the senses and particulars to the most general axioms, and from these principles, the truth of which it … ▶

The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding. ✨ 1620 Novum Organum, bk.1, aphorism10.

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes