 ... 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.  Works - Pagina 261door Francis Bacon - 1850Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | Francis Bacon - 1852 - 394 pagina’s
...things are thus, in Men's depraved Judgements, and Affedtions; yet Truth, which only doth judge itfelf, teacheth, that the Inquiry of Truth, which is the...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 pagina’s
...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...light of the sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his sabbath work ever since is the illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1854 - 894 pagina’s
...we spake of before. But howsoever these things are thus in men's depraved judgments and affections, yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth,...light of the sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his sabbath work ever since is the illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1854 - 452 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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...light of the sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his sabbath work, ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit. First, he breathed light upon... | |
 | James Henley Thornwell - 1855 - 330 pagina’s
...rest in Providence, unless it turn upon the poles of truth. u The inquiry of truth," says Bacon, u which is the love-making or wooing of it — the knowledge...of human nature. The first creature of God in the work of days was the light of sense; the last was the light of reason, and His Sabbath-work ever since... | |
 | 1855 - 446 pagina’s
...coincide with each other." Says Lord Bacon, " 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."8 Religious fidelity will also enlist a man against prominent social abuses, such as intemperance... | |
 | Julius Charles Hare - 1855 - 536 pagina’s
...depraved judgements and affections, yet Truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth, that the enquiry of Truth, which is the love-making or wooing of it,...the presence of it, and the belief of Truth, which G is the enjoying of it, is the soverein Good of human nature." But, says Mr Trower, " is Divine Truth... | |
 | William Russell - 1856 - 240 pagina’s
...we spake of before. But howsoever these things are thus in men's depraved judgments and affections, yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth...light of the sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his sabbath work, ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1856 - 406 pagina’s
...we spake of before. But howsoever these things are thus in men's depraved judgments and affections, yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth...the works of the days, was the light of the sense ; 8 the last was the light of reason ; * and his 1 Perhaps he was thinking of St. Augustine. — See... | |
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