 | 1854 - 428 pagine
...Adraneemenl of Learniny, he says, "The greatest error of all the rest is the mistaking or misplaeing of the last or farthest end of knowledge ; for men...into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes npon a natnral enriosity nnd inqaisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety... | |
 | 1849 - 1428 pagine
...from which one of the above quotations is taken. Speaking of various errors in philosophy he says : " 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... | |
 | 1849 - 604 pagine
...this fault, when speaking of the impediments to the advancement of truth and science in his time : " 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... | |
 | 1849 - 612 pagine
...this fault, when speaking of the impediments to the advancement of truth and science in his time : " 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... | |
 | 1849 - 610 pagine
...artificial rank or pecuniary emolument. Siiys Bacon: " The greatest error is the mistaking of the true end of KNOWLEDGE, for men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes, to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation; sometimes... | |
 | Seba Smith - 1850 - 212 pagine
...give pleasure and profit to the reader : " The greatest error of all is the mistaking or misplacing the last or farthest end of knowledge ; — for men...inquisitive appetite ; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight ; sometimes for ornament and reputation ; and sometimes to enable them... | |
 | 1850 - 824 pagine
...kind of relation, (as the lawyers speak,) as if we had known them before." THE TRUE END OF LEARNING. " 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 590 pagine
...abridger, and so the patrimony of knowledge cometh to be sometimes improved, but seldom augmented. of Job than the felicities of Solomon. furthest end of knowledge : for men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pagine
...the account of this last mentioned "peccant humour," as a sample of his " dissection" of them all. " But the greatest error of all 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,... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton - 1851 - 444 pagine
...or sale, but a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of men's estate."* • * "But the greatest error of all the rest is the mistaking...inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation; and sometimes to enable PARSON,... | |
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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... 
