It cannot be that axioms established by argumentation should avail for the discovery of new works, since the subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of argument. But axioms duly and orderly formed from particulars easily discover the way to new particulars, and thus render sciences active.


Aphorism 24. - Novum Organum (1620) - Book I

Francis Bacon Quotes

It cannot be that axioms established by argumentation should avail for the discovery of new works, since the subtlety of nature is greater many times ...

It cannot be that axioms established by argumentation should avail for the discovery of new works, since the subtlety of nature is greater many times ...

It cannot be that axioms established by argumentation should avail for the discovery of new works, since the subtlety of nature is greater many times ...

It cannot be that axioms established by argumentation should avail for the discovery of new works, since the subtlety of nature is greater many times ...