 my good friend, to love truth, for truth's sake, is the principal part of human perfection in this world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues ; and, if I mistake not, you have as much of it as ever I met with in any body.  The Works of John Locke - Page 271by John Locke - 1823Full view - About this book
 | John Locke - Books and reading - 1720 - 476 pages
...communicate what I thought true, freely. Bdfeve it, my good Friend, to love Truth for truth's fake, is the principal part of human perfection in this world, and the feed plot of all other virtues: and, if I miftake not, you have as much of it, as ever I met with in... | |
 | Charles Henry Wilson - Anecdotes - 1804 - 428 pages
...LETTER. JOHN LOCKE to ANTHONY COLLINS, Esq. Oates, Oct. 29, 03. BELIEVE me, my good friend, to love (ruth for truth's sake is the principal part of human perfection...virtues; and, if I mistake not, you have as much of it as any body : what then is there wanting to make you equal to the best, and a friend for any one to be... | |
 | Charles Henry Wilson - Anecdotes - 1804 - 428 pages
...to ANTHONY COLLINS, Esq. Outer•, Oct. 29, 03. BELIEVE me, my good friend, to love truth for truths sake is the principal part of human perfection in...virtues; and, if I mistake not, you have as much of it as any body : what then is there wanting to make you equal to the best, and a friend for any one to be... | |
 | Theology - 1831 - 426 pages
...views and feelings were inspiring and exalted. In one of his letters he says, ' Believe me, my friends, to love truth for truth's sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world,' — a noble maxim, which governed him in all his writings and investigations, enabling him to discover... | |
 | Englishmen - 1835 - 476 pages
...might communicate «bat ! thought true, freely. Believe it, my good friend, to love truth for truth s sake is the principal part of human perfection in...of all other virtues ; and, if I mistake not, you ban as much of it as ever I met with in any body. What then is there •wanting to make you equal to... | |
 | Frederic Henry Hedge - Theology - 1860 - 530 pages
...to damage their own canse with young ingenuous minds, bred in the school of Locke to believe that " to love truth for truth's sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world, and the seed - plot of all other virtues " (Locke, œt. 73, Letter to Collins). Spalding has described the... | |
 | Frederic Henry Hedge - Theology - 1861 - 524 pages
...to damage their own cause with young, ingenuous minds, bred in the school of Locke to believe that " to love truth for truth's sake is the principal part...this world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues." (Locke, set. 73, Letter to Collins.) Spalding has described the moral shock his faith received on hearing... | |
 | Frederic Henry Hedge - Note on Bunsen's biblical researches - 1862 - 388 pages
...other to damage their own cause with young ingenuous minds, bred in the school of Locke to believe that "to love truth for truth's sake is the principal part...this world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues." (Locke, set. 73. Letter to Collins.) Spalding has described the moral shock his faith received on hearing... | |
 | Frederic Henry Hedge - Anglican Communion - 1865 - 544 pages
...to damage their own cause with young ingenuous minds, bred in the school of Locke to believe that ' to love truth for truth's sake is the principal part...this world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues/ (Locke, set. 73. Letter to Collins.) Spalding has described the moral shock his faith received on hearing... | |
 | National Education League - Education - 1869 - 250 pages
...of misery to ourselves and others, and realize (I fortify myself by a quotation from Locke) that " To love truth for truth's sake is the principal part...perfection in this world, and the seed-plot of all virtues." The object of this League is simply to teach the " comprehensible" to all neglected children... | |
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