 ... 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 Teaching of the Gospel of John - Page 133by Jonathan Ritchie Smith - 1903 - 406 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Henry Townsend - 1857 - 136 pages
...spake of before. But howsoever these things are thus in men's depraved judgments and affections, yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that...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... | |
 | William Henry Smith - 1857 - 190 pages
...truth, which is the love-making or wooing of it ; the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it; the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it — is THE SOVEREIGN GOOD OF HUMAN NATURE." But what is the practical use ? Let Schlegel answer : — " The admiration of Shakespeare remained... | |
 | William Blake - 1966 - 964 pages
...candlelights . . . But howsoever these things are thus in men's depraved judgments and affections, yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that...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 light... | |
 | Lisa Jardine - 1974 - 300 pages
...to 'the good': But howsoever these things are thus in men's depraved judgments and affections, yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that...enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature. [VI, 378] This amounts to an expansion of the sentence given under the antitheses on 'Knowledge' in... | |
 | George Smith, William Makepeace Thackeray - 1877 - 802 pages
...success, " the inquiry of truth," as Lord Bacon finely observes, " which is the love-making, or wooing of it — and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it — being the sovereign good of human nature." Those words have the ring of a morality at once healthy,... | |
 | Will Durant - 1965 - 736 pages
...military achievements, none to the literary or the philosophical. But in the essay "Of Truth" he writes: "The inquiry of truth, which is the lovemaking or wooing of it; the knowledge of truth, which is the praise of it; and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human... | |
 | Carol Colatrella, Joseph Alkana - 1994 - 278 pages
...men alike" (Plato, Laws 730). "Add truth to life, and you get happiness" (Augustine, Sermons 306.9). "The inquiry of truth, which is the love-making or...enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature" (Eacon, Essays I). Finally Locke, who effortlessly mixes all three: "I know there is truth opposite... | |
 | Robert Green Ingersoll - 1997 - 594 pages
...crush out of the brain the idea that it had the right to think. . ";e splendid saying of Lord Bacon, that " the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making...tHe belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, are the sovereign good of human nature," has been, and ever will be, rejected by religionists. Intellectual... | |
 | Robert Green Ingersoll - 1997 - 594 pages
...crush out of the brain the idea that it had the right to think. ... ';2 splendid saying of Lord Bacon, that " the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making...tHe belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, are the sovereign good of human nature," has been, and ever will be, rejected by religionists. Intellectual... | |
 | Ronald Carter, John McRae - 1997 - 613 pages
...style of Sir Francis Bacon. What is Truth; said jesting Pilate; and would not stay for an answer. . . . The knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it;...enjoying of it; is the sovereign good of human nature. Bacon, who perfected the essay form in English on the French model of Montaigne, used his writing to... | |
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