 ... 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.  English Essays - Seite 2herausgegeben von - 1905 - 404 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1850 - 1042 Seiten
...words of Bacon, " that 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...enjoying of it ; is the sovereign good of human nature ;" and that this highest gratification of humanity can only be attained by carefully training and exercising... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1851 - 228 Seiten
...itself, teacheth that 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...enjoying of it; is the sovereign good of human nature. 2. The first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of the sense ; the last was the... | |
 | Maria Georgina Shirreff Grey, Emily Anne Eliza Shirreff - 1851 - 496 Seiten
...itself, teacheth, that 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 enjoyment of it, is the sovereign good of human nature." * This, then, is the end which the mind should... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1852 - 580 Seiten
...itself, teacheth, that 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...days, was the light of the sense : the last was the liaht of reason ; and his Sabbath work ever since, is°the illumination of his Spirit. First, he breathed... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1852 - 394 Seiten
...of Truth, which is the Love-making, or 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 Nature. The firft Creature of God, in the Works of the Days, was the Light of the Senfe ; the laft was the Light... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1853 - 176 Seiten
...itself, teacheth that the inquiry of truth, wh oh is the love-making or wooing of it; the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it ; and the belief...and his sabbath work ever since is the illumination of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of the matter, or chaos; then he breathed light... | |
 | 1853 - 604 Seiten
...the energies of truth in the hands of the great sanctifier. "The first creature of God, in the work of the days, was the light of the sense ; the last...and his Sabbath work ever since is the illumination of his Spirit" If the study of divine things is not a blessing to any, it is because they are "sensual,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1854 - 894 Seiten
...itself, teacheth, that the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making, or wooing of it ; the knowledge of Alexander and Ceesar P were it not in regard of...Socrates's school 撀 C G d"6 185 of his Spirit. First he breathed light upon the face of the matter or chaos ; then he breathed light... | |
 | John Greenleaf Whittier - 1854 - 452 Seiten
...; 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 of it, and the belief...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 Seiten
...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 ; and the belief...his sabbath work, ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit. First, he breathed light upon the face of the matter or chaos; then he breathed light... | |
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