 | 1851 - 786 páginas
...intellectual." LEONARD. — " That is true — we so understood it." PARSON. — " Thus, when this great * " But the greatest error of all the rest is the mistaking or misplacing of the b • i. or farthest end of knowledge : — fur men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 páginas
...abridger, and so the patrimony of knowledge cometh to be sometimes improved, but seldom augmented. But the greatest error of all the rest, is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or furthest end of knowledge : for men have entred into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 538 páginas
...abridger, and so the patrimony of knowledge cometh to be sometimes improved, but seldom augmented. But the greatest error of all the rest, is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or furthest end of knowledge : for men have entred into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - 1837 - 334 páginas
...striking thoughts and wise sayings, set forth in sparkling expressions and illustrations. Thefollowing passage from his Advancement of Learning, is an example...misplacing of the last or farthest end of knowledge j for men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes, upon, a natural curiosity,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 páginas
...the account of this last mentioned "peccant humour," as a sample of his " dissection " of them all. e thorn or brier, which prick or scratch, because they can do no other. The most toler furthest end of learning and knowledge : for men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge,... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 páginas
...abridger, and so the patrimony of knowledge cometh to be sometimes improved, but seldom augmented. 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... | |
 | Charles Walker Connon - 1845 - 176 páginas
...disposition, and a feeling heart, Mr Burke was strongly attached to the principles of freedom. — Idem. 13. 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... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 732 páginas
...he shall end in douhts; hut if he will he content to hegin with douhts, he shall end in certainties 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... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 580 páginas
...abridger, and so the patrimony of knowledge cometh to be sometimes improved, but seldom augmented. 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 * He did not step out of his profession. desire... | |
 | 1849 - 604 páginas
...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... | |
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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... 
