 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pages
...affecting free-will in thinking, as well as m acting. And though the sects of philosophers of Uiat kind be gone, yet there remain certain discoursing wits, which are of the same veins, though there I* not so much blood in them as was in those of tin ancients. But it is not only the difficulty and... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 590 pages
...3- I. OF T \VHAT is truth? said jesting Pilate ; and would not stay for an answer. Certainly Ihere which is, that this commffiiicating of a man's self to his friend works two contrary effects Ihinking, as well as in acting. And though ihe sects j)f philosophers of that kind be gone, yet there... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1852 - 580 pages
...Lansdowne Collection, No. 205, fo. 217. « Harleian, vol. ii. p. 196. ESSAYS. I. OF TRUTH. WHAT is truth1? said jesting Pilate ; and would not stay for an answer....philosophers of that kind be gone, yet there remain certain discoursive wits, which are of the same veins, though there be not so much blood in them as was in... | |
 | Joseph Esmond Riddle - 1852 - 552 pages
...1 846 ; and Sketches of Moral and Mental Philosophy, chap. i. § 37. — " Certainly there be some that delight in giddiness, and count it a bondage...fix a belief; affecting free-will in thinking, as in acting. And though the sects of philosophers of that kind be gone, yet there remain certain discoursing... | |
 | 1854 - 778 pages
...Dublin. " What is Truth?" — Bacon begins his "Essay of Truth" (which is dated 1625) with these words: " What is truth? said jesting Pilate, and would not...affecting freewill in thinking, as well as in acting." There is a similar passage in Bishop Andrews's sermon Of the Resurrection, preached in 1613: "Pilate... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1854 - 894 pages
...Grace by the hand. 1625. Your Grace's most obliged and faithful servant, FRAN. ST. ALBAN. I. OF TRUTH. WHAT is truth ? said jesting Pilate ; and would not stay for an answer. Certainly there be that (Wight in giddiness ; and count it a bondage to fix a belief; affecting free-will in thinking, as well... | |
 | 1856 - 492 pages
...element necessary for the moral development and satisfaction of man's nature." THE POWER OF TRUTH. " Certainly there be that delight in giddiness, and...sects of philosophers of that kind be gone, yet there remains certain discoursing wits which are of the same veins, though there be not so much blood in... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1856 - 562 pages
...FRAGMENT OF AN ESSAY ON FAME 509 THE PRAISE OF KNOWLEDGE 1 BACON'S ESSAYS. ESSAY I. OF TRUTH. ' TTTHAT is truth ?' said jesting Pilate, and would not stay...giddiness, and count it a bondage to fix a belief — affecting1 free-will in thinking, as well as in acting — and, though the sects of philosophers... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 812 pages
...said jesting Pilate; and would not stay for an answer. Certainly there be that delight in giddiness1, and count it a bondage to fix a belief ; affecting...be gone, yet there remain certain discoursing wits 2 which are of the same veins, though there be not so much blood in them as was 'in those 'of the ancients.... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - 1857 - 578 pages
...BACON'S ESSAYS. ESSAY I. OF TEUTH. ' TTTHAT is truth ?' said jesting Pilate, and would not stay *V for an answer. Certainly there be that delight in giddiness, and count it a bondage to fix a belief — affecting1 free-will in thinking, as well as in acting — and, though the sects of philosophers... | |
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What is truth ? said jesting Pilate ; and would not stay for an answer. Certainly there be that delight in giddiness ; and count it a bondage to fix a belief ; affecting free-will in thinking, as well as in acting. And though the sects of philosophers... 
