 For men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation; and sometimes to enable them...  The Works of Francis Bacon: Lord Chancellor of Englandpor Francis Bacon - 1834Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1851 - 856 páginas
...a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite ; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation; and...contradiction ; and most times for lucre and profession " — [that is, for mobt of those objects which are meant by the ordinary citera of the saying, 'Knowledge... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1851 - 820 páginas
...power;'] "and seldom sincerely to give a true account of these gifts of reason to the benefit anil use of men; as if there were sought in knowledge a...whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit: or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down, with a fair prospect; or a tower of... | |
 | 1851 - 792 páginas
...в natural curiosity and inqnisitire appetite ; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation; and...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 Lytton - 1851 - 444 páginas
...knowledge — the knowledge that moralists and preachers would convey. But Lord Bacon had read all that them to victory of wit and contradiction: and most times for lucre and profession"— [that is, for moat of those objects which are meant by the ordinary citers of the saying, 'Knowledge... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1852 - 380 páginas
...a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite ; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation; and...of their gift of reason to the benefit and use of man. As if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1852 - 238 páginas
...a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite ; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight ; sometimes for ornament and reputation ;...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... | |
 | John Dewey - 1971 - 276 páginas
...variety of picturesque metaphor: "Men have entered into the desire of learning and knowledge, . . . seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift of reason, to the bene6t and use of men, but as if they sought in knowledge a couch whereon to rest a searching and wandering... | |
 | 1953 - 1224 páginas
...upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation; and...where-upon to rest a searching and restless spirit * * * and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate. — Sir... | |
 | 348 páginas
...upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation; and...in knowledge a couch, whereupon to rest a searching or restless spirit; or a terrace, for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair... | |
 | Mark Girouard - 1978 - 358 páginas
...metaphor to each: 'sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite ... as if there was sought in knowledge a couch, whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit . . . sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight . . . [making of knowledge] a terrace,... | |
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