 | Andrew Carmichael - 1833 - 122 pages
...of all the smaller sort of objections.1 LORD BACON. 'The inquiry of truth, which is the lavc-making or wooing of it; the knowledge of truth, which is...the presence of it ; and the belief of truth, which ia the enjoying of it — are the sovereign good of human nature. * Certainly it is heaven upon earth,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1833 - 228 pages
...mind, but the lie that sinketh in and settleth in it, that doth the hurt, such as we spake of before. But howsoever these things are thus in men's depraved judgments and affections, y»t truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making... | |
 | Henry Lee - 1837 - 660 pages
...and important truths. It is observed by Lord Bacon, that • • the enquiry of truth, which is the wooing of it ; the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it; and the belief of trnth, which is the enjoying of it; is the sovereign good of human nature." Within the compass of the... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 pages
...mind, but the lie that sinketh in, and settleth in it, that doth the hurt, such as we spake of before. But howsoever these things are thus in men's depraved...belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it ; is (he sovereign good of human nature. The first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1839 - 404 pages
...works, the varieties and beauties of nature. The inquiry of truth, which is the love-making or wooing it; the knowledge of truth, which is the presence...it ; and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying it, is the sovereign good of our nature. The unlearned man knows not what it is to descend into himself... | |
 | Robert Jefferson Breckinridge - 1842 - 78 pages
...and still he breatheth and inspireth light into the face of his chosen." Thus, " truth," he saith, " which only doth judge itself, teacheth, that the inquiry...presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoyment of it, is the sovereign good of human nature."* Truth, then, is the sole object proposed... | |
 | Basil Montagu, Hannah Mary Rathbone - 1845 - 396 pages
...works, the varieties and beauties of nature. 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. The unlearned man knows not what it is to descend into himself or to call himself to account,... | |
 | John Seely Hart - 1845 - 404 pages
...mind, but the lie that sinketh in, and settleth in it, that doth the hurt, such as we spake of before. But howsoever these things are thus in men's depraved...truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth, that the enquiry of truth, which is the lovemaking, or wooing of it: the knowledge of truth, which is the presence... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 778 pages
...mind, but the lie that sinketh in and settleth in it, that doth the hurt, such as we spake of before. But howsoever these things are thus in men's depraved...truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign * The wine of devils. (The [translations throughout our extracts from the Essays are the same as in... | |
 | James Esdaile - 1846 - 362 pages
...that they will be richly rewarded. To encourage them, I would remind them in the words of Bacon, " that the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making...presence of it; and the belief of truth, which is the enu 4 joying of it; is the sovereign good of human nature;" and that this highest gratification of... | |
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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 truths which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature. 
