 Goodness I call the habit, and goodness of nature the inclination. This of all virtues and dignities of the mind is the greatest, being the character of the Deity : and without it man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing, no better than a kind of vermin.  The Advancement of Learning, Book I - Page 139by Francis Bacon - 1904 - 145 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 790 pages
...Grecians call Philanthropia ; and the word humanity (as it is used) is a little too light ' to express it. Goodness I call the habit, and Goodness of Nature...being the character of the Deity : and without it man 2 is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing ; no better than a kind of vermin. Goodness answers to the... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 792 pages
...the word humanity (as it is used) is a little too light ' to express it. Goodness I call the h.ibit, and Goodness of Nature the inclination. This of all...being the character of the Deity : and without it man 2 is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing ; no better than a kind of vermin. Goodness answers to the... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1859 - 616 pages
...Grecians call Philanthropia; and the word humanity ^as it is used) is a little too light to express it. Goodness I call the habit, and goodness of nature...inclination. This of all virtues and dignities of he mind is the greatest, being the character of the Deity : and without it man is a busy, mischievous,... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1860 - 720 pages
...of the Thirteenth, first published in 1612, and entitled, ' Of Goodness, and Goodness of Nature :— Goodness I call the habit, and goodness of nature...virtue, charity, and admits no excess, but error. The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall, the desire of knowledge in excess caused man... | |
 | D R. M'Nab - 1860 - 296 pages
...call the habit, goodness of nature the inclination. Of all virtues or dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity...theological virtue, charity, and admits no excess only error. BACON. He that embarks on the voyage of life will always wish to advance rather by the... | |
 | George Combe - 1860 - 526 pages
...Goodness I call the habit, and goodness of nature the inclination. This, of all virtues and dignitiee of the mind, is the greatest, being the character...busy, mischievous, wretched thing, no better than а * See Phrm. Journ.. vÍ., 129, 428. kind of vermin. ...The inclination to goodness is imprinted... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - 1861 - 630 pages
...Grecian, call Philanthropia ; and the word humanity, as it is used, is a little too light to express it. Goodness, I call the habit, and goodness of nature...theological virtue, Charity, and admits no excess but error. The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall — the desire of knowledge in excess caused... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1861 - 408 pages
...Grecians call philanthropia ; and the word humanity, as it is used, is a little too light to express it. Goodness I call the habit, and goodness of nature...theological virtue charity, and admits no excess but error. The desire of power hi excess caused the angels to fall ; l the desire of knowledge in excess caused... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1862 - 728 pages
...Goodness, and Goodness of Nature : — Goodness I call the habit, and goodness of nature the incliuation. This of all virtues and dignities of the mind is the...virtue, charity, and admits no excess, but error. The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall, the desiie of knowledge in excess caused man... | |
 | Henry Southgate - 1862 - 774 pages
...DNESS-Characteristics of. I call the habit, and goodness of lorjp; the inclination. This, of all virtues and ¿ignitiet of the mind, is the greatest, being the character...without it man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing. Bacon. GOODNESS— Immortality of. Thousands of men breathe, move, and live, pass off tho stage of... | |
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