... the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making, or wooing of it ; the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it ; and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it ; is the sovereign good of human nature. The Spiritual Magazine - Seite 741860Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| James Henley Thornwell - 1855 - 330 Seiten
...rest in Providence, unless it turn upon the poles of truth. u The inquiry of truth," says Bacon, u which is the love-making or wooing of it — the knowledge...enjoying of it — is the sovereign good of human nature. The first creature of God in the work of days was the light of sense; the last was the light of reason,... | |
| British history - 1855 - 482 Seiten
...extract or two from some of his Essays. — The following are his remarks on the subject of truth. " The knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it...enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature. The first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense ; the last was the... | |
| 1855 - 446 Seiten
...coincide with each other." Says Lord Bacon, " The inquiry of truth, which is the love-making or wooing it ; the knowledge of truth, which is the presence...which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of our nature."8 Religious fidelity will also enlist a man against prominent social abuses, such as intemperance... | |
| Julius Charles Hare - 1855 - 536 Seiten
...depraved judgements and affections, yet Truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth, that the enquiry of Truth, which is the love-making or wooing of it,...the presence of it, and the belief of Truth, which G is the enjoying of it, is the soverein Good of human nature." But, says Mr Trower, " is Divine Truth... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1856 - 406 Seiten
...in men's depraved judgments and affections, yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making, or...enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature. The first Creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense ; 8 the last was the... | |
| William Russell - 1856 - 240 Seiten
...in men's depraved judgments and affections, yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that the inquiry of truth, which is the lovemaking, or...enjoying of it ; is the sovereign good of human nature. The first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense ; the last was the... | |
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1856 - 562 Seiten
...itself,' and, ' howsoever these things are in men's depraved judgments and affections, it teacheth that the inquiry of Truth, which is the love-making or...of it — is the sovereign good of human nature.' ESSAY II. OF DEATH. MEN fear death as children fear to go into the dark ; and as that natural fear... | |
| Rufus Wilmot Griswold - 1856 - 592 Seiten
...doctrines is in no way compromised by any position assumed in regard to Mesmerism. » " The inquiry after truth, which is the lovemaking or wooing of it; the...the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it," Lord Bacon says, " is the sovereign good of human nature." There was never a more sincere lover of... | |
| Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - 1857 - 578 Seiten
...itself,' and, ' howsoever these things are in men's depraved judgments and affections, it teacheth that the inquiry of Truth, which is the love-making or...of it — is the sovereign good of human nature.' ' There is no vice that doth so cover a man with shame, as to be found false and perfidious.' This... | |
| George Henry Townsend - 1857 - 136 Seiten
...in men's depraved judgments and affections, yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making, or...it — is the sovereign good of human nature."— FKAXCIS BACON. SHAKESPEAEE NOT AN IMPOSTOR. CHAPTER I. THE NATURE OF THE CHARGE. " Then what do those... | |
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