 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 590 pages
...affections/yet truth, which only dqlhjjudge itself, teacheth, thai the inquiry ' of trulnTwhTcTTis of our reason, and dpplieth his inspirations to open...our understanding, as the form 炂 S W trulh, which is ihe enjoying of il, isjhe sovereign good of human nature?) The firsl creature^ of GooV... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1851 - 228 pages
...judgments and affections, yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making or wooing of it ; the knowledge...enjoying of it; is the sovereign good of human nature. 2. The first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense ; the last was the... | |
 | Maria Georgina Shirreff Grey, Emily Anne Eliza Shirreff - 1851 - 496 pages
...TRUTH. " TRUTH," says Lord Bacon, " which only doth judge itself, teacheth, that the inquiry of truth which is the love-making or wooing of it, the knowledge...presence of it, and the belief of truth which is the enjoyment of it, is the sovereign good of human nature." * This, then, is the end which the mind should... | |
 | Horae - 1851 - 414 pages
...emptinefs of fpirit, and a bitter curfe. — JEREMY TAYLOR. M Love of Truth. ? HE enquiry after TRUTH, which is the love-making or wooing of it, the knowledge of Truth, the preference of it ; and the belief of Truth, the enjoying of it, is the fovereign good of human... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1852 - 580 pages
...judgments and affections, yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth, that the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making, or wooing of it, the knowledge...of human nature. The first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense : the last was the liaht of reason ; and his Sabbath... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1852 - 394 pages
...Judgements, and Affedtions; yet Truth, which only doth judge itfelf, teacheth, that the Inquiry of Truth, which is the Love-making, or Wooing of it ; the Knowledge of Truth, which is the Prefence of it ; and the Belief of Truth, which is the enjoying of it ; is the Sovereign Good of human... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1853 - 176 pages
...and affections, yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that the inquiry of truth, wh oh is the love-making or wooing of it; the knowledge...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 of reason ; and his sabbath... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1854 - 894 pages
...judgments and affections, yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth, that the inquiry of truth, o dictate." * would come with any grace, after those...particular, as that which did so suddenly pass from extreme works of the days, was the light of the sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his sabbath... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1854 - 452 pages
...aspiration of manhood ; for it has been well said that the inquiry of truth, which is the lovemaking of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence...enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature. MAGICIANS AND WITCH FOLK. "FASCINATION," saith Henry Cornelius Agrippa, in the fiftieth chapter of... | |
 | British history - 1855 - 482 pages
...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...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 of reason ; and his sabbath... | |
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... 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. 
