“ For if men judge that learning should be referred to action, they judge well ”
Francis Bacon, The Advancement of Learning (1605). copy citation
| Author | Francis Bacon |
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| Source | The Advancement of Learning |
| Topic | action learning |
| Date | 1605 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/5500/5500-h/5500-h.htm |
Context
“Let us rather, according to the Scriptures, look unto that part of the race which is before us, than look back to that which is already attained.
8. First, therefore, amongst so many great foundations of colleges in Europe, I find strange that they are all dedicated to professions, and none left free to arts and sciences at large. For if men judge that learning should be referred to action, they judge well; but in this they fall into the error described in the ancient fable, in which the other parts of the body did suppose the stomach had been idle, because it neither performed the office of motion, as the limbs do, nor of sense, as the head doth;”
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