| William Cowper - English poetry - 1875 - 352 pages
...that Christ ' deigned no reply 'to Pilate, is at least as questionable as that of Bacon (Essay i.) : 'What is Truth? said jesting Pilate; and would not stay for an answer.' II. 290-304. Cp. Thomson, Autumn, 1. 1234: ' Oh ! knew he but his happiness, of men The happiest he,... | |
| William Cowper - 1875 - 340 pages
...that Christ * deigned no reply' to Pilate, is at least as questionable as that of Bacon (Essay i.) : 1 What is Truth? said jesting Pilate; and would not stay for an answer.' II. 290-304. Cp. Thomson, Autumn, 1. 1234: ' Oh! knew he but his happiness, of men The happiest he,... | |
| Maxwell Steer - Music - 1996 - 192 pages
...Richardson, Penguin UK. 1959 quoted in Tucker Dreaming a'if/i O;VM Eyes. 2. Knowledge and Individuation "What is truth?" said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer. The riddle at the heart of opening sentence of Bacon's Essay on Truth has preoccupied thinkers since... | |
| Robert Andrews - Language Arts & Disciplines - 1997 - 666 pages
...FRANCIS BACON, (1561-1626) British philosopher, essayist, statesman, fssays, "Of Truth" (1597-1 625). 7 What is truth? said jesting Pilate; and would not stay for an answer. FRANCIS BACON, (1561-1626) British philosopher, essayist, statesman. Essays, "Of Truth" (1597-1 625).... | |
| Evan Whitton - Law - 1998 - 260 pages
...Chancellor, knew the quibble was merely an attempt to shift the goalposts. In Of Truth (1597), he wrote: '"What is truth?' said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer." Pilate was sent to Rome in 36 to answer to the Emperor Tiberius for wretched behaviour. His end is... | |
| Lionel Fanthorpe, P. A. Fanthorpe, Patricia Fanthorpe - Reference - 1998 - 244 pages
...undoubtedly deserves a little more human sympathy than he has received so far. Chapter 21 Francis Bacon "What is truth?" said jesting Pilate; and would not stay for an answer. (From Bacon's Essay on Truth) The mystery of Francis Bacon begins with his birth itself. It has frequently... | |
| Carl Woodring - Education - 1999 - 250 pages
...Derrida always corrupts to paidia, play, linguistic pastime. If Bacon on truth would be too harsh— "What is truth? said jesting Pilate; and would not stay for an answer" — then in keeping with Kant's description of the aesthetic as disinterested free play of taste, Derrida... | |
| Francis Bacon - Literary Collections - 1999 - 276 pages
...as a 'metaphysical' poem is read. 'Of Truth' begins with one of Bacon's most striking quotations. ' "What is Truth?" said jesting Pilate; and would not stay for an answer.' As Anne Righter comments: The rifle-shot of this opening, the little imaginative explosion, is a familiar... | |
| Diskin Clay - Philosophy - 2010 - 340 pages
...another matter " * Such endings to philosophical conversations recall the opening of Bacon's essay "On Truth": "What is truth, said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer." These early Socratic dialogues are usually termed the "aporetic" dialogues. (Because of its omilarity... | |
| Tom Tymoczko, Jim Henle - Mathematics - 2004 - 670 pages
...standard against which to check the technical definitions. FO RM AL LO GIC: O VERVI EW TRUTH AND FALSITY What is truth? said jesting Pilate; and would not stay for an answer. — FRANCIS BACON The simple statement "Joan is female" is true (often abbreviated T) if and only if... | |
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