 ... 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.  Literary Recreations and Miscellanies - Pagina 272door John Greenleaf Whittier - 1854 - 431 pagina’sVolledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Charles Edward De Coetlogon - 1807 - 588 pagina’s
...equal contempt upon the the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it ; and the belief or the truth, which is the enjoying of it ; is the sovereign good of human nature." BAcON'S ESSAYS. Is it not painful then to know, that, " The road to moral truth has been left in such... | |
 | Charles Edward De Coetlogon - 1807 - 586 pagina’s
...equal contempt upon the the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it ; and the belief of the truth, which is the enjoying of it ; is the sovereign good of human nature." BACON'S ESSAYS. Is it not painful then to know, that, " The road to moral truth has been left in such... | |
 | Manual - 1809 - 288 pagina’s
...which is the love-making, or wooing of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, aud the belief of truth, which is the 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1812 - 348 pagina’s
...which only doth judge itself, teacheth that the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making, or wooing of it; the knowledge of truth, which is the presence...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1815 - 310 pagina’s
...which only doth judge itself, teacheth that the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making, or wooing of it ; the knowledge of truth, which is the presence...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1818 - 312 pagina’s
...which only doth judge itself, teacheth, that the inquiry of Truth, which is the love-making, or wooing of it; the knowledge of Truth, which is the presence...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1818 - 310 pagina’s
...which only doth judge itself, teacheth, that the inquiry of Truth, which is the love-making, or wooing of it; the knowledge of Truth, which is the presence...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... | |
 | 1848 - 396 pagina’s
...the " inspired philosopher" of Upsal. "The inquiry after truth, which is the love-making or wooing of it; the knowledge of truth, which is the presence...the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it." Lord Bacon says, "is the sovereign good of human nature." There was never a more sincere lover of truth... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 pagina’s
...which only doth judge itself, teacheth, that the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making, or wooing of it ; the knowledge of truth, which is the presence...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1819 - 580 pagina’s
...love-making, or wooing of 'it; the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it ; and the l>elief of truth, which is the 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... | |
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