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" ... 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 Essays Or Counsels, Civil and Moral, of Francis Bacon - Page 7
by Francis Bacon - 1890 - 405 pages
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Walks in the Country

Chandos Leigh - English poetry - 1844 - 250 pages
...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...
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The North British Review, Volume 1

English literature - 1844 - 608 pages
...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...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 reason, and...
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So Much of the Diary of Lady Willoughby, as Relates to Her Domestic History ...

Basil Montagu, Hannah Mary Rathbone - English literature - 1845 - 396 pages
...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...which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of our nature. The unlearned man knows not what it is to descend into himself or to call himself to account,...
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Class Book of Prose: Consisting of Selections from Distinguished English and ...

John Seely Hart - Readers - 1845 - 404 pages
...that sinketh in, and settleth in it, that doth the hurt, such as we spake of before. But howsoever these things are thus in men's depraved judgments...truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth, that the enquiry of truth, which is the lovemaking, or wooing of it: the knowledge of truth, which is the presence...
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Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy, Volume 1

George Lillie Craik - Philosophers - 1846 - 778 pages
...lie that sinketh in and settleth in it, that doth the hurt, such as we spake of before. But howsoever these things are thus in men's depraved judgments...truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign * The wine of devils. (The [translations throughout our extracts from the Essays are the same as in...
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Swedenborg Library, Issues 27-30

1846 - 70 pages
...FOR EMBRACING THE DOCTRINES AND DISCLOSURES or EMANUEL SWEDENBORG. " The inquiry of Truth, which it the love-making or wooing of it ; the knowledge of...enjoying of it ; is the Sovereign Good of human nature." " Bacon. BY GEORGE BUSH. NEW-YORK: JOHN ALLEN, 139 NASSAU STREET. BOSTON: OTIS CLAPP. IS SCHOOL STREET....
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Mesmerism in India, and Its Practical Application in Surgery and Medicine

James Esdaile - Hypnotism - 1846 - 362 pages
...that they will be richly rewarded. To encourage them, I would remind them in the words of Bacon, " that the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making...presence of it; and the belief of truth, which is the enu 4 joying of it; is the sovereign good of human nature;" and that this highest gratification of...
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Bacon; His Writings, and His Philosophy, Volume 1

George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 732 pages
...lie that sinketh in and settleth in it, that doth the hurt, such as we spake of hefore. But howsoever these things are thus in men's depraved judgments...affections, yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheti that the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making or wooing of it; the knowledge of truth,...
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Bacon: His Writings and His Philosophy

George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 226 pages
...that sinketh in and sel.tleth in it, that doth the hurt, such as we spake of before. But howsoever these things are thus in men's depraved judgments "and affections, yet truth, which only doth jtrage itself, teacheth that the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making or wooing of it ; the knowledge...
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Mesmerism in India: And Its Practical Application in Surgery and Medicine

James Esdaile - Hypnotism - 1847 - 290 pages
...that they will be richly rewarded. To encourage them, I would remind them in the words of Bacon, " that the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making...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...
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