 ... 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.  Progressive Readings in Prose - Page 71edited by - 1923 - 376 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Jabet - 1848 - 284 pages
...Neither does he differ at all from the philosopher of the Academy in his appreciation of pure truth. " Truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that...presence of it ; and the belief of Truth, which is the enjoying of it ; is the sovereign good of human nature. The poet saith excellently well : ' It is a... | |
 | John Locke - 1849 - 372 pages
...the shadow of a lie. But it is not the lie that passeth through the mind, but the lie that sinketh in and settleth in it, that doth the hurt, such as...presence of it ; and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it ; is the sovereign good of human uature. The first creature of God, in the works of... | |
 | 1850 - 656 pages
...promise 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 enjoying of it ; is the sovereign good of human nature ;" and that this highest gratification of humanity... | |
 | 1849 - 1428 pages
...the Essay " Of Truth," he says : " Yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that the enquiry of truth, which is the love-making, or wooing of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence < f it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoyment of it, is the sovereign good of human nature.... | |
 | George Harris - 1849 - 540 pages
...matured inclinations. ON TRUTH. THE inquiry of truth, which is the wooing of it ; the knowledge °f truth, which is the presence of it ; and the belief of truth, which is the enjoyment; is the sovereign good of human nature. — Lord Bacon. READINGS WITH THE EARLY METHODISTS.... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1849 - 284 pages
...occupation and pleasure of Adam in Paradise. The inquiry of truth, which is the love-making or wooing it ; the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it ; and the helief of truth, which is the enjoying it, is the sovereign good of our nature. " The pleasure and... | |
 | 1850 - 544 pages
...earnest men who honour our " NOTES AND QUERIES" with their correspondence, hold with Bacon, that " Truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that...presence of it — and the belief of Truth, which is the enjoying of it — is the sovereign good of human nature." We believe that it is under the impulse... | |
 | 1850 - 1042 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 enjoying of it ; is the sovereign good of human nature ;" and that this highest gratification of humanity... | |
 | 1850 - 524 pages
...earnest men who honour our " NOTES AND QUERIES " with their correspondence, hold with Bacon, that " Truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that the inquiry of Truth, which is the love-c.aking or wooing of it — the knowledge of Truth, which is the presence of it — and the belief... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pages
...passe th through the mind, but the lie 'hit sinketh in, and seltleth in it, that doth the hurt, such a* ut God, and the contemplation of God -. and therefore Solomon, speaking of the two anil a/TrclioiM, yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth, that the inquiry of truth, which... | |
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