 ... 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 British Prose Writers - Pàgina 81821Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | William Henry Smith - 1857 - 188 pàgines
...as may induce some active inquiry in this direction." And what is the use ? Let Bacon answer : — " The inquiry of truth, which is the love-making or...the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it; the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it — is THE SOVEREIGN GOOD OF HUMAN NATURE." But what... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1857 - 412 pàgines
...things are thus in Men's depraved Judgements and Affections, 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... | |
 | 1857 - 652 pàgines
...annotations in the ordinary type. 1 Truth, which only doth judge of itself, teacheth that the enquiry of truth, which is the love-making or wooing of it...the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it ; the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it; is the sovereign good of human nature The poet... | |
 | William Henry Smith - 1857 - 190 pàgines
...truth, which is the love-making or wooing of it ; the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it; the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it — is THE SOVEREIGN GOOD OF HUMAN NATURE." But what is the practical use ? Let Schlegel answer : — " The admiration of Shakespeare remained... | |
 | George Henry Townsend - 1857 - 140 pàgines
...these things are 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, or wooing of it — the k nowledge of truth, which is the presence of it — and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying... | |
 | George Henry Townsend - 1857 - 136 pàgines
...these things are 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, or wooing of it—the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it—and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying... | |
 | Mary Anne Galton Schimmelpenninck - 1858 - 370 pàgines
...and value of this habit of accuracy in my father ! PART Y. 1792-1793. "Truth, which doth only judge itself, teacheth that the inquiry of truth, which...enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature." BACOS. " And a sign shall be mercifully given to the doubt of love, which shall be refused to the doubt... | |
 | 1858 - 894 pàgines
...and moral wreck. Most justly, as well as beautifully, has Bacon s;iid, " truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that the inquiry of truth, which...of it, — is the sovereign good of human nature." Guided by his own unassisted reflective reason, man does unquestionably attain to great results, both... | |
 | Mary Anne Galton Schimmelpenninck - 1858 - 380 pàgines
...ready ; and though it tired me in body, it was delightful to me." CHAP. IV. l805. " The first creation of God in the works of the days was the light of the sense, the last was the light of reason, and His Sahhath work ever since is the illumination of the Spirit." — BACON. " My endeavours Have ever come... | |
 | Henry Mills Alden - 1858 - 884 pàgines
...certain it is that " the inquiry of truth, which is the wooing of it ; the knowledge of truth, which u the presence of it ; and the belief of truth, which...of it, is the sovereign good of human nature." The contemplation of Him who is announced to as as the Truth and the Life, and the summoning of our energies... | |
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