Chapter II · Chapter 2

used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one

From this reading This work is designed to propose to the consideration, not of the learned world only, but of all ingenuous and practical minds, a new development of that system of practical philosophy from which THE SCIENTIFIC ARTS of the Modern Ages proceed, and which has already become, just to the extent to which it has been hitherto opened, the wisdom,--the universally approved, and practically adopted, Wisdom of the _Moderns_.

generally approved or compelling recognition

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

personal knowledge or information about someone or something

From this reading It is a development of this philosophy, which was deliberately postponed by the great Scientific Discoverers and Reformers, in whose Scientific Discoveries and Reformations our organised advancements in speculation and practice have their origin;--Reformers, whose scientific acquaintance with historic laws forbade the idea of any immediate and sudden cures of the political and social evils which their science searches to the root, and which it was designed to eradicate.

acquired as your own by free choice

From this reading This work is designed to propose to the consideration, not of the learned world only, but of all ingenuous and practical minds, a new development of that system of practical philosophy from which THE SCIENTIFIC ARTS of the Modern Ages proceed, and which has already become, just to the extent to which it has been hitherto opened, the wisdom,--the universally approved, and practically adopted, Wisdom of the _Moderns_.

plural of “advancement” — encouragement of the progress or growth or acceptance of something

From this reading It is a development of this philosophy, which was deliberately postponed by the great Scientific Discoverers and Reformers, in whose Scientific Discoveries and Reformations our organised advancements in speculation and practice have their origin;--Reformers, whose scientific acquaintance with historic laws forbade the idea of any immediate and sudden cures of the political and social evils which their science searches to the root, and which it was designed to eradicate.

plural of “age” — how long something has existed

From this reading This work is designed to propose to the consideration, not of the learned world only, but of all ingenuous and practical minds, a new development of that system of practical philosophy from which THE SCIENTIFIC ARTS of the Modern Ages proceed, and which has already become, just to the extent to which it has been hitherto opened, the wisdom,--the universally approved, and practically adopted, Wisdom of the _Moderns_.

(quantifier) used with either mass or count nouns to indicate the whole number or amount of or every one of a class

From this reading This work is designed to propose to the consideration, not of the learned world only, but of all ingenuous and practical minds, a new development of that system of practical philosophy from which THE SCIENTIFIC ARTS of the Modern Ages proceed, and which has already become, just to the extent to which it has been hitherto opened, the wisdom,--the universally approved, and practically adopted, Wisdom of the _Moderns_.

a short moral story (often with animal characters)

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

prior to a specified or implied time

From this reading This work is designed to propose to the consideration, not of the learned world only, but of all ingenuous and practical minds, a new development of that system of practical philosophy from which THE SCIENTIFIC ARTS of the Modern Ages proceed, and which has already become, just to the extent to which it has been hitherto opened, the wisdom,--the universally approved, and practically adopted, Wisdom of the _Moderns_.

a feeling of delight at being entertained

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together

From this reading This work is designed to propose to the consideration, not of the learned world only, but of all ingenuous and practical minds, a new development of that system of practical philosophy from which THE SCIENTIFIC ARTS of the Modern Ages proceed, and which has already become, just to the extent to which it has been hitherto opened, the wisdom,--the universally approved, and practically adopted, Wisdom of the _Moderns_.

one more of the same kind, or a different one

From this reading 'One time will owe another.'--_Coriolanus_.

one or some or every or all without specification

From this reading It is a development of this philosophy, which was deliberately postponed by the great Scientific Discoverers and Reformers, in whose Scientific Discoveries and Reformations our organised advancements in speculation and practice have their origin;--Reformers, whose scientific acquaintance with historic laws forbade the idea of any immediate and sudden cures of the political and social evils which their science searches to the root, and which it was designed to eradicate.

concerned with concrete problems or data rather than with fundamental principles

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

established by authority; given authoritative approval

From this reading This work is designed to propose to the consideration, not of the learned world only, but of all ingenuous and practical minds, a new development of that system of practical philosophy from which THE SCIENTIFIC ARTS of the Modern Ages proceed, and which has already become, just to the extent to which it has been hitherto opened, the wisdom,--the universally approved, and practically adopted, Wisdom of the _Moderns_.

studies intended to provide general knowledge and intellectual skills (rather than occupational or professional skills)

From this reading This work is designed to propose to the consideration, not of the learned world only, but of all ingenuous and practical minds, a new development of that system of practical philosophy from which THE SCIENTIFIC ARTS of the Modern Ages proceed, and which has already become, just to the extent to which it has been hitherto opened, the wisdom,--the universally approved, and practically adopted, Wisdom of the _Moderns_.

at the same time that; because; in the way that

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

used with a past participle to form the passive, or with -ing for continuous tenses

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

enter or assume a certain state or condition

From this reading This work is designed to propose to the consideration, not of the learned world only, but of all ingenuous and practical minds, a new development of that system of practical philosophy from which THE SCIENTIFIC ARTS of the Modern Ages proceed, and which has already become, just to the extent to which it has been hitherto opened, the wisdom,--the universally approved, and practically adopted, Wisdom of the _Moderns_.

the past participle of “be”

From this reading This work is designed to propose to the consideration, not of the learned world only, but of all ingenuous and practical minds, a new development of that system of practical philosophy from which THE SCIENTIFIC ARTS of the Modern Ages proceed, and which has already become, just to the extent to which it has been hitherto opened, the wisdom,--the universally approved, and practically adopted, Wisdom of the _Moderns_.

the two together, not just one

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

resembling a beast; showing lack of human sensibility

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before

From this reading This work is designed to propose to the consideration, not of the learned world only, but of all ingenuous and practical minds, a new development of that system of practical philosophy from which THE SCIENTIFIC ARTS of the Modern Ages proceed, and which has already become, just to the extent to which it has been hitherto opened, the wisdom,--the universally approved, and practically adopted, Wisdom of the _Moderns_.

showing who or what does the action

From this reading It is a development of this philosophy, which was deliberately postponed by the great Scientific Discoverers and Reformers, in whose Scientific Discoveries and Reformations our organised advancements in speculation and practice have their origin;--Reformers, whose scientific acquaintance with historic laws forbade the idea of any immediate and sudden cures of the political and social evils which their science searches to the root, and which it was designed to eradicate.

plural of “case” — an occurrence of something

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

plural of “come” — the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

the process of giving careful thought to something

From this reading This work is designed to propose to the consideration, not of the learned world only, but of all ingenuous and practical minds, a new development of that system of practical philosophy from which THE SCIENTIFIC ARTS of the Modern Ages proceed, and which has already become, just to the extent to which it has been hitherto opened, the wisdom,--the universally approved, and practically adopted, Wisdom of the _Moderns_.

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From this reading 'One time will owe another.'--_Coriolanus_.

an assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

plural of “cure” — a medicine or therapy that cures disease or relieve pain

From this reading It is a development of this philosophy, which was deliberately postponed by the great Scientific Discoverers and Reformers, in whose Scientific Discoveries and Reformations our organised advancements in speculation and practice have their origin;--Reformers, whose scientific acquaintance with historic laws forbade the idea of any immediate and sudden cures of the political and social evils which their science searches to the root, and which it was designed to eradicate.

with intention; in an intentional manner

From this reading It is a development of this philosophy, which was deliberately postponed by the great Scientific Discoverers and Reformers, in whose Scientific Discoveries and Reformations our organised advancements in speculation and practice have their origin;--Reformers, whose scientific acquaintance with historic laws forbade the idea of any immediate and sudden cures of the political and social evils which their science searches to the root, and which it was designed to eradicate.

having been demonstrated or verified beyond doubt

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

a specialized division of a large organization

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

done or made or performed with purpose and intent

From this reading This work is designed to propose to the consideration, not of the learned world only, but of all ingenuous and practical minds, a new development of that system of practical philosophy from which THE SCIENTIFIC ARTS of the Modern Ages proceed, and which has already become, just to the extent to which it has been hitherto opened, the wisdom,--the universally approved, and practically adopted, Wisdom of the _Moderns_.

dominance through threat of punishment and violence

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

act of improving by expanding or enlarging or refining

From this reading This work is designed to propose to the consideration, not of the learned world only, but of all ingenuous and practical minds, a new development of that system of practical philosophy from which THE SCIENTIFIC ARTS of the Modern Ages proceed, and which has already become, just to the extent to which it has been hitherto opened, the wisdom,--the universally approved, and practically adopted, Wisdom of the _Moderns_.

plural of “discoverer” — someone who is the first to think of or make something

From this reading It is a development of this philosophy, which was deliberately postponed by the great Scientific Discoverers and Reformers, in whose Scientific Discoveries and Reformations our organised advancements in speculation and practice have their origin;--Reformers, whose scientific acquaintance with historic laws forbade the idea of any immediate and sudden cures of the political and social evils which their science searches to the root, and which it was designed to eradicate.

plural of “discovery” — the act of discovering something

From this reading It is a development of this philosophy, which was deliberately postponed by the great Scientific Discoverers and Reformers, in whose Scientific Discoveries and Reformations our organised advancements in speculation and practice have their origin;--Reformers, whose scientific acquaintance with historic laws forbade the idea of any immediate and sudden cures of the political and social evils which their science searches to the root, and which it was designed to eradicate.

A means of altering one's appearance to conceal one's identity.

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

a person who lived during the reign of Elizabeth I

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

following immediately and as a result of what went before

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

kill in large numbers

From this reading It is a development of this philosophy, which was deliberately postponed by the great Scientific Discoverers and Reformers, in whose Scientific Discoveries and Reformations our organised advancements in speculation and practice have their origin;--Reformers, whose scientific acquaintance with historic laws forbade the idea of any immediate and sudden cures of the political and social evils which their science searches to the root, and which it was designed to eradicate.

plural of “evil” — morally objectionable behavior

From this reading It is a development of this philosophy, which was deliberately postponed by the great Scientific Discoverers and Reformers, in whose Scientific Discoveries and Reformations our organised advancements in speculation and practice have their origin;--Reformers, whose scientific acquaintance with historic laws forbade the idea of any immediate and sudden cures of the political and social evils which their science searches to the root, and which it was designed to eradicate.

the point or degree to which something extends

From this reading This work is designed to propose to the consideration, not of the learned world only, but of all ingenuous and practical minds, a new development of that system of practical philosophy from which THE SCIENTIFIC ARTS of the Modern Ages proceed, and which has already become, just to the extent to which it has been hitherto opened, the wisdom,--the universally approved, and practically adopted, Wisdom of the _Moderns_.

a deliberately false or improbable account

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

preceding all others in time or space or degree

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

inflected form of “forbid” — command against

From this reading It is a development of this philosophy, which was deliberately postponed by the great Scientific Discoverers and Reformers, in whose Scientific Discoveries and Reformations our organised advancements in speculation and practice have their origin;--Reformers, whose scientific acquaintance with historic laws forbade the idea of any immediate and sudden cures of the political and social evils which their science searches to the root, and which it was designed to eradicate.

the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

plural of “form” — the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

showing where something starts, or who sent it

From this reading This work is designed to propose to the consideration, not of the learned world only, but of all ingenuous and practical minds, a new development of that system of practical philosophy from which THE SCIENTIFIC ARTS of the Modern Ages proceed, and which has already become, just to the extent to which it has been hitherto opened, the wisdom,--the universally approved, and practically adopted, Wisdom of the _Moderns_.

plural of “give” — the elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

death of a person

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

relatively large in size or number or extent; larger than others of its kind

From this reading It is a development of this philosophy, which was deliberately postponed by the great Scientific Discoverers and Reformers, in whose Scientific Discoveries and Reformations our organised advancements in speculation and practice have their origin;--Reformers, whose scientific acquaintance with historic laws forbade the idea of any immediate and sudden cures of the political and social evils which their science searches to the root, and which it was designed to eradicate.

the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading This work is designed to propose to the consideration, not of the learned world only, but of all ingenuous and practical minds, a new development of that system of practical philosophy from which THE SCIENTIFIC ARTS of the Modern Ages proceed, and which has already become, just to the extent to which it has been hitherto opened, the wisdom,--the universally approved, and practically adopted, Wisdom of the _Moderns_.

used with a past participle to form the perfect tenses

From this reading It is a development of this philosophy, which was deliberately postponed by the great Scientific Discoverers and Reformers, in whose Scientific Discoveries and Reformations our organised advancements in speculation and practice have their origin;--Reformers, whose scientific acquaintance with historic laws forbade the idea of any immediate and sudden cures of the political and social evils which their science searches to the root, and which it was designed to eradicate.

belonging to the past; of what is important or famous in the past

From this reading It is a development of this philosophy, which was deliberately postponed by the great Scientific Discoverers and Reformers, in whose Scientific Discoveries and Reformations our organised advancements in speculation and practice have their origin;--Reformers, whose scientific acquaintance with historic laws forbade the idea of any immediate and sudden cures of the political and social evils which their science searches to the root, and which it was designed to eradicate.

used in negative statement to describe a situation that has existed up to this point or up to the present time

From this reading This work is designed to propose to the consideration, not of the learned world only, but of all ingenuous and practical minds, a new development of that system of practical philosophy from which THE SCIENTIFIC ARTS of the Modern Ages proceed, and which has already become, just to the extent to which it has been hitherto opened, the wisdom,--the universally approved, and practically adopted, Wisdom of the _Moderns_.

the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

From this reading It is a development of this philosophy, which was deliberately postponed by the great Scientific Discoverers and Reformers, in whose Scientific Discoveries and Reformations our organised advancements in speculation and practice have their origin;--Reformers, whose scientific acquaintance with historic laws forbade the idea of any immediate and sudden cures of the political and social evils which their science searches to the root, and which it was designed to eradicate.

not able to read or write

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

of the present time and place

From this reading It is a development of this philosophy, which was deliberately postponed by the great Scientific Discoverers and Reformers, in whose Scientific Discoveries and Reformations our organised advancements in speculation and practice have their origin;--Reformers, whose scientific acquaintance with historic laws forbade the idea of any immediate and sudden cures of the political and social evils which their science searches to the root, and which it was designed to eradicate.

of great significance or value

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

inside something, or within a place, period, or state

From this reading It is a development of this philosophy, which was deliberately postponed by the great Scientific Discoverers and Reformers, in whose Scientific Discoveries and Reformations our organised advancements in speculation and practice have their origin;--Reformers, whose scientific acquaintance with historic laws forbade the idea of any immediate and sudden cures of the political and social evils which their science searches to the root, and which it was designed to eradicate.

arising from inductance

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious

From this reading This work is designed to propose to the consideration, not of the learned world only, but of all ingenuous and practical minds, a new development of that system of practical philosophy from which THE SCIENTIFIC ARTS of the Modern Ages proceed, and which has already become, just to the extent to which it has been hitherto opened, the wisdom,--the universally approved, and practically adopted, Wisdom of the _Moderns_.

the form of “be” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading This work is designed to propose to the consideration, not of the learned world only, but of all ingenuous and practical minds, a new development of that system of practical philosophy from which THE SCIENTIFIC ARTS of the Modern Ages proceed, and which has already become, just to the extent to which it has been hitherto opened, the wisdom,--the universally approved, and practically adopted, Wisdom of the _Moderns_.

a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned

From this reading This work is designed to propose to the consideration, not of the learned world only, but of all ingenuous and practical minds, a new development of that system of practical philosophy from which THE SCIENTIFIC ARTS of the Modern Ages proceed, and which has already become, just to the extent to which it has been hitherto opened, the wisdom,--the universally approved, and practically adopted, Wisdom of the _Moderns_.

belonging to the thing or animal already mentioned

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

and nothing more

From this reading This work is designed to propose to the consideration, not of the learned world only, but of all ingenuous and practical minds, a new development of that system of practical philosophy from which THE SCIENTIFIC ARTS of the Modern Ages proceed, and which has already become, just to the extent to which it has been hitherto opened, the wisdom,--the universally approved, and practically adopted, Wisdom of the _Moderns_.

immediately past

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

the first of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures comprising the first five books of the Hebrew Bible considered as a unit

From this reading It is a development of this philosophy, which was deliberately postponed by the great Scientific Discoverers and Reformers, in whose Scientific Discoveries and Reformations our organised advancements in speculation and practice have their origin;--Reformers, whose scientific acquaintance with historic laws forbade the idea of any immediate and sudden cures of the political and social evils which their science searches to the root, and which it was designed to eradicate.

having or showing profound knowledge

From this reading This work is designed to propose to the consideration, not of the learned world only, but of all ingenuous and practical minds, a new development of that system of practical philosophy from which THE SCIENTIFIC ARTS of the Modern Ages proceed, and which has already become, just to the extent to which it has been hitherto opened, the wisdom,--the universally approved, and practically adopted, Wisdom of the _Moderns_.

the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

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From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

and nothing more

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

plural of “mind” — that which is responsible for one's thoughts, feelings, and conscious brain functions; the seat of the faculty of reason

From this reading This work is designed to propose to the consideration, not of the learned world only, but of all ingenuous and practical minds, a new development of that system of practical philosophy from which THE SCIENTIFIC ARTS of the Modern Ages proceed, and which has already become, just to the extent to which it has been hitherto opened, the wisdom,--the universally approved, and practically adopted, Wisdom of the _Moderns_.

belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages

From this reading This work is designed to propose to the consideration, not of the learned world only, but of all ingenuous and practical minds, a new development of that system of practical philosophy from which THE SCIENTIFIC ARTS of the Modern Ages proceed, and which has already become, just to the extent to which it has been hitherto opened, the wisdom,--the universally approved, and practically adopted, Wisdom of the _Moderns_.

plural of “modern” — a contemporary person

From this reading This work is designed to propose to the consideration, not of the learned world only, but of all ingenuous and practical minds, a new development of that system of practical philosophy from which THE SCIENTIFIC ARTS of the Modern Ages proceed, and which has already become, just to the extent to which it has been hitherto opened, the wisdom,--the universally approved, and practically adopted, Wisdom of the _Moderns_.

(comparative of “much” used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning greater in size or amount or extent or degree

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

to a great degree or extent

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered

From this reading This work is designed to propose to the consideration, not of the learned world only, but of all ingenuous and practical minds, a new development of that system of practical philosophy from which THE SCIENTIFIC ARTS of the Modern Ages proceed, and which has already become, just to the extent to which it has been hitherto opened, the wisdom,--the universally approved, and practically adopted, Wisdom of the _Moderns_.

used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative

From this reading This work is designed to propose to the consideration, not of the learned world only, but of all ingenuous and practical minds, a new development of that system of practical philosophy from which THE SCIENTIFIC ARTS of the Modern Ages proceed, and which has already become, just to the extent to which it has been hitherto opened, the wisdom,--the universally approved, and practically adopted, Wisdom of the _Moderns_.

belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something

From this reading This work is designed to propose to the consideration, not of the learned world only, but of all ingenuous and practical minds, a new development of that system of practical philosophy from which THE SCIENTIFIC ARTS of the Modern Ages proceed, and which has already become, just to the extent to which it has been hitherto opened, the wisdom,--the universally approved, and practically adopted, Wisdom of the _Moderns_.

used to mean any person in general, including the speaker

From this reading 'One time will owe another.'--_Coriolanus_.

and nothing more

From this reading This work is designed to propose to the consideration, not of the learned world only, but of all ingenuous and practical minds, a new development of that system of practical philosophy from which THE SCIENTIFIC ARTS of the Modern Ages proceed, and which has already become, just to the extent to which it has been hitherto opened, the wisdom,--the universally approved, and practically adopted, Wisdom of the _Moderns_.

To move from a closed position.

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

used of mouth or eyes

From this reading This work is designed to propose to the consideration, not of the learned world only, but of all ingenuous and practical minds, a new development of that system of practical philosophy from which THE SCIENTIFIC ARTS of the Modern Ages proceed, and which has already become, just to the extent to which it has been hitherto opened, the wisdom,--the universally approved, and practically adopted, Wisdom of the _Moderns_.

being a member of or formed into a labor union

From this reading It is a development of this philosophy, which was deliberately postponed by the great Scientific Discoverers and Reformers, in whose Scientific Discoveries and Reformations our organised advancements in speculation and practice have their origin;--Reformers, whose scientific acquaintance with historic laws forbade the idea of any immediate and sudden cures of the political and social evils which their science searches to the root, and which it was designed to eradicate.

the place where something begins, where it springs into being

From this reading It is a development of this philosophy, which was deliberately postponed by the great Scientific Discoverers and Reformers, in whose Scientific Discoveries and Reformations our organised advancements in speculation and practice have their origin;--Reformers, whose scientific acquaintance with historic laws forbade the idea of any immediate and sudden cures of the political and social evils which their science searches to the root, and which it was designed to eradicate.

not the same one or ones already mentioned or implied

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

belonging to the speaker and others

From this reading It is a development of this philosophy, which was deliberately postponed by the great Scientific Discoverers and Reformers, in whose Scientific Discoveries and Reformations our organised advancements in speculation and practice have their origin;--Reformers, whose scientific acquaintance with historic laws forbade the idea of any immediate and sudden cures of the political and social evils which their science searches to the root, and which it was designed to eradicate.

not allowed to continue to bat or run

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

be obliged to pay or repay

From this reading 'One time will owe another.'--_Coriolanus_.

plural of “page” — one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

a short moral story (often with animal characters)

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

plural of “philosophy” — a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

The study of the fundamental nature of knowledge, reality, and existence. (Triết học, đạo lý nhân sinh.)

From this reading This work is designed to propose to the consideration, not of the learned world only, but of all ingenuous and practical minds, a new development of that system of practical philosophy from which THE SCIENTIFIC ARTS of the Modern Ages proceed, and which has already become, just to the extent to which it has been hitherto opened, the wisdom,--the universally approved, and practically adopted, Wisdom of the _Moderns_.

involving or characteristic of politics or parties or politicians

From this reading It is a development of this philosophy, which was deliberately postponed by the great Scientific Discoverers and Reformers, in whose Scientific Discoveries and Reformations our organised advancements in speculation and practice have their origin;--Reformers, whose scientific acquaintance with historic laws forbade the idea of any immediate and sudden cures of the political and social evils which their science searches to the root, and which it was designed to eradicate.

past form of “postpone” — hold back to a later time

From this reading It is a development of this philosophy, which was deliberately postponed by the great Scientific Discoverers and Reformers, in whose Scientific Discoveries and Reformations our organised advancements in speculation and practice have their origin;--Reformers, whose scientific acquaintance with historic laws forbade the idea of any immediate and sudden cures of the political and social evils which their science searches to the root, and which it was designed to eradicate.

concerned with actual use or practice

From this reading This work is designed to propose to the consideration, not of the learned world only, but of all ingenuous and practical minds, a new development of that system of practical philosophy from which THE SCIENTIFIC ARTS of the Modern Ages proceed, and which has already become, just to the extent to which it has been hitherto opened, the wisdom,--the universally approved, and practically adopted, Wisdom of the _Moderns_.

almost; nearly

From this reading This work is designed to propose to the consideration, not of the learned world only, but of all ingenuous and practical minds, a new development of that system of practical philosophy from which THE SCIENTIFIC ARTS of the Modern Ages proceed, and which has already become, just to the extent to which it has been hitherto opened, the wisdom,--the universally approved, and practically adopted, Wisdom of the _Moderns_.

a customary way of operation or behavior

From this reading It is a development of this philosophy, which was deliberately postponed by the great Scientific Discoverers and Reformers, in whose Scientific Discoveries and Reformations our organised advancements in speculation and practice have their origin;--Reformers, whose scientific acquaintance with historic laws forbade the idea of any immediate and sudden cures of the political and social evils which their science searches to the root, and which it was designed to eradicate.

continue talking

From this reading This work is designed to propose to the consideration, not of the learned world only, but of all ingenuous and practical minds, a new development of that system of practical philosophy from which THE SCIENTIFIC ARTS of the Modern Ages proceed, and which has already become, just to the extent to which it has been hitherto opened, the wisdom,--the universally approved, and practically adopted, Wisdom of the _Moderns_.

in a professional manner

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

make a proposal, declare a plan for something

From this reading This work is designed to propose to the consideration, not of the learned world only, but of all ingenuous and practical minds, a new development of that system of practical philosophy from which THE SCIENTIFIC ARTS of the Modern Ages proceed, and which has already become, just to the extent to which it has been hitherto opened, the wisdom,--the universally approved, and practically adopted, Wisdom of the _Moderns_.

(logic) a statement that affirms or denies something and is either true or false

From this reading THE PROPOSITION.

conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

Dictionary entry pending editorial verification. Tap Listen to hear the word.

From this reading It is a development of this philosophy, which was deliberately postponed by the great Scientific Discoverers and Reformers, in whose Scientific Discoveries and Reformations our organised advancements in speculation and practice have their origin;--Reformers, whose scientific acquaintance with historic laws forbade the idea of any immediate and sudden cures of the political and social evils which their science searches to the root, and which it was designed to eradicate.

plural of “reformer” — a disputant who advocates reform

From this reading It is a development of this philosophy, which was deliberately postponed by the great Scientific Discoverers and Reformers, in whose Scientific Discoveries and Reformations our organised advancements in speculation and practice have their origin;--Reformers, whose scientific acquaintance with historic laws forbade the idea of any immediate and sudden cures of the political and social evils which their science searches to the root, and which it was designed to eradicate.

(botany) the usually underground organ that lacks buds or leaves or nodes; absorbs water and mineral salts; usually it anchors the plant to the ground

From this reading It is a development of this philosophy, which was deliberately postponed by the great Scientific Discoverers and Reformers, in whose Scientific Discoveries and Reformations our organised advancements in speculation and practice have their origin;--Reformers, whose scientific acquaintance with historic laws forbade the idea of any immediate and sudden cures of the political and social evils which their science searches to the root, and which it was designed to eradicate.

Identical; not different.

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

a particular branch of scientific knowledge

From this reading It is a development of this philosophy, which was deliberately postponed by the great Scientific Discoverers and Reformers, in whose Scientific Discoveries and Reformations our organised advancements in speculation and practice have their origin;--Reformers, whose scientific acquaintance with historic laws forbade the idea of any immediate and sudden cures of the political and social evils which their science searches to the root, and which it was designed to eradicate.

of or relating to the practice of science

From this reading This work is designed to propose to the consideration, not of the learned world only, but of all ingenuous and practical minds, a new development of that system of practical philosophy from which THE SCIENTIFIC ARTS of the Modern Ages proceed, and which has already become, just to the extent to which it has been hitherto opened, the wisdom,--the universally approved, and practically adopted, Wisdom of the _Moderns_.

plural of “search” — the activity of looking thoroughly in order to find something or someone

From this reading It is a development of this philosophy, which was deliberately postponed by the great Scientific Discoverers and Reformers, in whose Scientific Discoveries and Reformations our organised advancements in speculation and practice have their origin;--Reformers, whose scientific acquaintance with historic laws forbade the idea of any immediate and sudden cures of the political and social evils which their science searches to the root, and which it was designed to eradicate.

relating to human society and its members

From this reading It is a development of this philosophy, which was deliberately postponed by the great Scientific Discoverers and Reformers, in whose Scientific Discoveries and Reformations our organised advancements in speculation and practice have their origin;--Reformers, whose scientific acquaintance with historic laws forbade the idea of any immediate and sudden cures of the political and social evils which their science searches to the root, and which it was designed to eradicate.

a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

From this reading It is a development of this philosophy, which was deliberately postponed by the great Scientific Discoverers and Reformers, in whose Scientific Discoveries and Reformations our organised advancements in speculation and practice have their origin;--Reformers, whose scientific acquaintance with historic laws forbade the idea of any immediate and sudden cures of the political and social evils which their science searches to the root, and which it was designed to eradicate.

the quality of being spontaneous and coming from natural feelings without constraint

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

plural of “strike” — a group's refusal to work in protest against low pay or bad work conditions

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

plural of “stuart” — United States painter best known for his portraits of George Washington (1755-1828)

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

plural of “subject” — the subject matter of a conversation or discussion

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

happening without warning or in a short space of time

From this reading It is a development of this philosophy, which was deliberately postponed by the great Scientific Discoverers and Reformers, in whose Scientific Discoveries and Reformations our organised advancements in speculation and practice have their origin;--Reformers, whose scientific acquaintance with historic laws forbade the idea of any immediate and sudden cures of the political and social evils which their science searches to the root, and which it was designed to eradicate.

instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity

From this reading This work is designed to propose to the consideration, not of the learned world only, but of all ingenuous and practical minds, a new development of that system of practical philosophy from which THE SCIENTIFIC ARTS of the Modern Ages proceed, and which has already become, just to the extent to which it has been hitherto opened, the wisdom,--the universally approved, and practically adopted, Wisdom of the _Moderns_.

used to introduce the second part of a comparison

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt

From this reading This work is designed to propose to the consideration, not of the learned world only, but of all ingenuous and practical minds, a new development of that system of practical philosophy from which THE SCIENTIFIC ARTS of the Modern Ages proceed, and which has already become, just to the extent to which it has been hitherto opened, the wisdom,--the universally approved, and practically adopted, Wisdom of the _Moderns_.

used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind

From this reading THE PROPOSITION.

belonging to the people or things already mentioned

From this reading It is a development of this philosophy, which was deliberately postponed by the great Scientific Discoverers and Reformers, in whose Scientific Discoveries and Reformations our organised advancements in speculation and practice have their origin;--Reformers, whose scientific acquaintance with historic laws forbade the idea of any immediate and sudden cures of the political and social evils which their science searches to the root, and which it was designed to eradicate.

the people or things already mentioned, as the object

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

the plural of “this”: the people or things near, or just mentioned

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned

From this reading This work is designed to propose to the consideration, not of the learned world only, but of all ingenuous and practical minds, a new development of that system of practical philosophy from which THE SCIENTIFIC ARTS of the Modern Ages proceed, and which has already become, just to the extent to which it has been hitherto opened, the wisdom,--the universally approved, and practically adopted, Wisdom of the _Moderns_.

an instance or single occasion for some event

From this reading 'One time will owe another.'--_Coriolanus_.

used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive

From this reading This work is designed to propose to the consideration, not of the learned world only, but of all ingenuous and practical minds, a new development of that system of practical philosophy from which THE SCIENTIFIC ARTS of the Modern Ages proceed, and which has already become, just to the extent to which it has been hitherto opened, the wisdom,--the universally approved, and practically adopted, Wisdom of the _Moderns_.

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From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one or a numeral representing this number

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

not conscious; lacking awareness and the capacity for sensory perception as if asleep or dead

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

everywhere

From this reading This work is designed to propose to the consideration, not of the learned world only, but of all ingenuous and practical minds, a new development of that system of practical philosophy from which THE SCIENTIFIC ARTS of the Modern Ages proceed, and which has already become, just to the extent to which it has been hitherto opened, the wisdom,--the universally approved, and practically adopted, Wisdom of the _Moderns_.

the speaker and others, as the object of a verb or preposition

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

a garment that covers the head and face

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun

From this reading It is a development of this philosophy, which was deliberately postponed by the great Scientific Discoverers and Reformers, in whose Scientific Discoveries and Reformations our organised advancements in speculation and practice have their origin;--Reformers, whose scientific acquaintance with historic laws forbade the idea of any immediate and sudden cures of the political and social evils which their science searches to the root, and which it was designed to eradicate.

the speaker together with one or more other people

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

used to introduce a clause giving more about a thing just mentioned

From this reading This work is designed to propose to the consideration, not of the learned world only, but of all ingenuous and practical minds, a new development of that system of practical philosophy from which THE SCIENTIFIC ARTS of the Modern Ages proceed, and which has already become, just to the extent to which it has been hitherto opened, the wisdom,--the universally approved, and practically adopted, Wisdom of the _Moderns_.

belonging to which person

From this reading It is a development of this philosophy, which was deliberately postponed by the great Scientific Discoverers and Reformers, in whose Scientific Discoveries and Reformations our organised advancements in speculation and practice have their origin;--Reformers, whose scientific acquaintance with historic laws forbade the idea of any immediate and sudden cures of the political and social evils which their science searches to the root, and which it was designed to eradicate.

used to talk about the future, or about willingness

From this reading 'One time will owe another.'--_Coriolanus_.

accumulated knowledge or erudition or enlightenment

From this reading This work is designed to propose to the consideration, not of the learned world only, but of all ingenuous and practical minds, a new development of that system of practical philosophy from which THE SCIENTIFIC ARTS of the Modern Ages proceed, and which has already become, just to the extent to which it has been hitherto opened, the wisdom,--the universally approved, and practically adopted, Wisdom of the _Moderns_.

in the company of; together with

From this reading It is a development of this philosophy, which was deliberately postponed by the great Scientific Discoverers and Reformers, in whose Scientific Discoveries and Reformations our organised advancements in speculation and practice have their origin;--Reformers, whose scientific acquaintance with historic laws forbade the idea of any immediate and sudden cures of the political and social evils which their science searches to the root, and which it was designed to eradicate.

not having, not using, or not accompanied by

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers

From this reading The proposition to be demonstrated in the ensuing pages is this: That the new philosophy which strikes out from the Court--from _the Court_ of that despotism that names and gives form to the Modern Learning,--which comes to us from the Court of the last of the Tudors and the first of the Stuarts,--that new philosophy which we have received, and accepted, and adopted as a practical philosophy, not merely in that grave department of learning in which it comes to us professionally _as_ philosophy, but in that not less important department of learning in which it comes to us in the disguise of amusement,--in the form of fable and allegory and parable,--the proposition is, that this Elizabethan philosophy is, in these two forms of it,--not two philosophies,--not two Elizabethan philosophies, not two new and wondrous philosophies of nature and practice, not two new Inductive philosophies, but one,--one and the same: that it is philosophy in both these forms, with its veil of allegory and parable, and without it; that it is philosophy applied to much more important subjects in the disguise of the parable, than it is in the open statement; that it is philosophy in both these cases, and not philosophy in one of them, and a brutish, low-lived, illiterate, unconscious spontaneity in the other.

exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity

From this reading This work is designed to propose to the consideration, not of the learned world only, but of all ingenuous and practical minds, a new development of that system of practical philosophy from which THE SCIENTIFIC ARTS of the Modern Ages proceed, and which has already become, just to the extent to which it has been hitherto opened, the wisdom,--the universally approved, and practically adopted, Wisdom of the _Moderns_.

everything that exists anywhere

From this reading This work is designed to propose to the consideration, not of the learned world only, but of all ingenuous and practical minds, a new development of that system of practical philosophy from which THE SCIENTIFIC ARTS of the Modern Ages proceed, and which has already become, just to the extent to which it has been hitherto opened, the wisdom,--the universally approved, and practically adopted, Wisdom of the _Moderns_.