 ... 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.  The Churchman's companion - Sida 2841880Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Henry Lee - 1837 - 660 sidor
...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 - 898 sidor
...thus in men's depraved judgments and affections, yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth, that the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making,...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 - 1838 - 894 sidor
...thus in men's depraved judgments and affections, yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth, that the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making,...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 sidor
...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... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 sidor
...thus in men's depraved judgments and aflections, yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth, that the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making,...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... | |
 | Tracts - 1840 - 514 sidor
...the harmlessness of the dove. We must attain both, if we would be Christians in reality. CHAPTER II. The Inquiry of Truth, which is the love-making or...of it, — is the sovereign good of human nature. — BACON. THE distinguished author of this motto, who devoted so much of his attention to the method... | |
 | Chandos Leigh - 1841 - 216 sidor
...great Bacon says, sought after, woo'd. Truth which only doth judge itself teaches that, the enquiry of Truth, which is the lovemaking or wooing of it-—...enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature." — .Baeow's Essay on Truth. P. 54. 1. 13. That mirror they must gradually unveil. The subjection of... | |
 | Robert Jefferson Breckinridge - 1842 - 78 sidor
...light into the face of his chosen." Thus, " truth," he saith, " which only doth judge itself, teacheth, that the inquiry of truth which is the love-making...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... | |
 | Chandos Leigh - 1844 - 250 sidor
...great Bacon tans, taught after, woo'd. " Truth which only doth judge itself teaches that, the enquiry of Truth, which is the love-making or wooing of it...of it — is the sovereign good of human nature." — Bacon's Essay on Truth,. P. 136, line 13. That mirror they mutt gradually unveil. " The subjection... | |
 | 1844 - 608 sidor
...rather that enlightened reason is a part of religion itself. " The inquiry of truth," says Lord Bacon, " which is the love-making or wooing of it, the knowledge...enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature. The first creation of God in the work of the days was the light of sense, the last was the light of... | |
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