 But the greatest error of all the rest, is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or farthest end of knowledge : for men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity, and inquisitive appetite ; sometimes to...  Character of Lord Bacon: His Life and Work ... - Side 116af Thomas Martin - 1835 - 367 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Francis Bacon - 1900 - 462 sider
...turthesFencT'of '1cho'wIedg'e.'"'T''or men have entered into jTHesire" 6f Ifiafnmg ancTTcnowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive...delight ; sometimes for ornament and reputation ; and some-, times to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction ; and most times for lucre and profession... | |
 | Henry Woldmar Ruoff - 1902 - 712 sider
...been the fault not of education itself, but of the spirit in which it has been often undertaken. " For men have entered into a desire of learning and...and delight, sometimes for ornament and reputation, but seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift of reason to the benefit and use of men.... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1904 - 220 sider
...augmented. But the greatest error of all the rest is the mistaking or 15 misplacing of the last or furthest end of knowledge. For men have entered into a desire...delight ; sometimes for ornament and reputation ; and 20 sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction ; and most times for lucre and profession... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1904 - 216 sider
...\ But the greatest error of all the rest is the mistaking or 15 misplacing of the last or furthest end of knowledge. For men have entered into a desire...their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ojnament and reputation; and 2o sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction; and most'Times,... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1904 - 442 sider
...in the service of mankind. " Men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge," he says, " sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive...their minds with variety and delight, sometimes for orna1 Pygmalion, a sculptor of the island of Cyprus, cherished a settled aversion to women, but fell... | |
 | Franklin Verzelius Newton Painter - 1904 - 428 sider
...in the service of mankind. " Men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge," he says, " sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive...their minds with variety and delight, sometimes for orna1 Pygmalion, a sculptor of the island of Cyprus, cherished a settled aversion to women, but fell... | |
 | Hippolyte Taine - 1905 - 484 sider
...saine.... The gTcalest error of all the rest, is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or farthest end of knowledge : for men have entered into a desire...inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their ininds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation; and sometimes to enable thein... | |
 | 1906 - 762 sider
...the most forcible language. " Men," he says, " have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and...sometimes for ornament and reputation, and sometimes to obtain victory in wit and contradiction, and most times for lucre and profession ; and seldom sincerely... | |
 | Arthur Kenyon Rogers - 1907 - 534 sider
...misplacing of the last or farthest end of knowledge. For men have entered into a desire of learning or knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and...appetite, sometimes to entertain their minds with vanity and delight, sometimes for ornament and reputation, sometimes to enable them to victory of wit... | |
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