 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
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...rigorous pursuit of truth, which is the legitimate mode, and the other, condemnable desire of knowledge upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite;...to entertain their minds with variety and delight ... as if there were sought in knowledge a couch, wherein to rest a searching and restless spirit.'33... | |
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