Crossword-Solution: ORGANUM
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Organum | n. | An organ or instrument; hence, a method by which philosophical or scientific investigation may be conducted; -- a term adopted from the Aristotelian writers by Lord Bacon, as the title ("Novum Organon") of part of his treatise on philosophical method. |
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| ORGANON | 1 answer |
| Polyphonic voice part | 1 answer |
| INSTRUMENT of thought | 2 answers |
| MEANS of reasoning | 2 answers |
| system of logic | 2 answers |
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Sentences with ORGANUM (5)
Bacon of the chancellorship and of the Novum Organum may not wane, but Bacon of the prison cell and the Opus Majus steadily approaches him in brightness.
Albans, and having published the "Novum Organum," the first instalment of the "Instauratio Magna," at which he had been working the best part of his life,--some thirty years,--"A New Logic, to judge or invent by induction, and thereby to make philosophy and science both more true and more active." Then began to gather the storms which were to wreck his fortunes.
Before the "Novum Organum" was written, he sought, as Bacon himself pointed out, the way to arrive at truth,-- a foundation to stand upon, a principle tested by experience, which, when established by experiment, would serve for sure deductions.
Thus frivolous, thus useless is this philosophy,--"controversiarum ferax, operum effoeta, ad garriendum prompta, ad generandum invalida." (Bacon, "Novum Organum".) The humble mechanic who discovers some slight improvement in the construction of safety lamps or steam-vessels does more for the happiness of mankind than the "magnificent principle," as Mr Bentham calls it, will do in ten thousand years.
The Westminster Reviewer is unable to discover the meaning of our extracts from the "Novum Organum", and expresses himself as follows: "The quotations from Lord Bacon are misapplications, such as anybody may make to anything he dislikes.
Quotes with ORGANUM (1)
Reading list (1972 edition)[edit]1. Homer — Iliad, Odyssey2. The Old Testament3. Aeschylus — Tragedies4. Sophocles — Tragedies5. Herodotus — Histories6. Euripides — Tragedies7. Thucydides — History of the Peloponnesian War8. Hippocrates — Medical Writings9. Aristophanes — Comedies10. Plato — Dialogues11. Aristotle — Works12. Epicurus — Letter to Herodotus; Letter to Menoecus13. Euclid — Elements14. Archimedes — Works15. Apollonius of Perga — Conic Sections16. Cicero — Works17…
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Used 1 time in crossword archives (1970).