 But the greatest error of all the rest is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or furthest end of knowledge. For men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain...  The Retrospective Review - Page 2841821Full view - About this book
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton - English fiction - 1851 - 444 pages
...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,...for ornament and reputation; and sometimes to enable PARSON, (remorsefully.) — "Are those Lord Bacon's words? I am very sorry I spoke so uncharitably... | |
 | England - 1851 - 792 pages
...entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upou в natural curiosity and inqnisitire appetite ; sometimes to entertain their minds with...victory of wit and contradiction ; and most times for luere and profession " — [that is, for most of those objects which are meant by the ordinary citera... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1851 - 820 pages
...end of knowledge : — for men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes apon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes...for ornament and reputation; and sometimes to enable PARSON, (remorsefully.) — "Are those Lord Bacon's words? I am very sorry I spoke so uncharitably... | |
 | Samuel Bailey - Calendar reform - 1852 - 314 pages
...the rest," says he, " is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or farthest end of knowledge: for men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge;...of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of men; as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit;... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1852 - 238 pages
...error of all the rest is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or furthest end of knowledge : for men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge,...for lucre and profession ; and seldom sincerely to giwi a true account of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of men : as if there were sought... | |
 | Medicine - 1852 - 632 pages
...minds with variety and delight ; sometimes for onament and reputation ; and sometimes to enable than to victory of wit and contradiction ; and most times for lucre and profession ; and seldom sincerelj и give a true account of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of men : as if there... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1852 - 580 pages
...sometimes to entertain their minds wit] variety and delight ; sometimes for ornament an< reputation ; sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction, and most times for lucr and profession ; and seldom sincerely to give true account of their gift of reason, for the benefi... | |
 | Great Britain - 1852 - 978 pages
...knowledge, sometimes from a natural curiosity —in inquisitive spirit, sometimes to entertain their miuds with variety and delight, sometimes for ornament and reputation, and sometimes to cnnble them to [acquire the] victory of wit and contra'Jirtwn. 3. In most cases, however, professional... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - 1877 - 394 pages
...error of all the rest, is the mistaking and misplacing of the last or farthest end of knowledge. For men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge...ornament and reputation ; and sometimes to enable them to win the victory by wit and contradiction ; and most times for lucre and profession, and seldom sincerely... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Ethics - 1854 - 894 pages
...the rest, is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or furthest end of learning and knowledge : for men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge,...and delight ; sometimes for ornament and reputation ; sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction ; and most times for lucre and profession... | |
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