 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...  Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy - Page 52by George Lillie Craik - 1846Full view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 pages
...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, sometimes upon... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 898 pages
...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 farthest end of knowledge : for men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes... | |
 | Great Britain - 1843 - 600 pages
...he says, " the greatest error of all the rest, is the mistaking or placing of the last and farthest end of knowledge ; for men have entered into a desire...natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite ; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight ; sometimes for ornament and reputation ; and sometimes... | |
 | Basil Montagu - Conduct of life - 1839 - 404 pages
...peace, and virtue pure, Sacred, substantial, never fading bliss. — THOMSON. SECTION X. LORD BACON. MEN have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge...natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite ; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight ; sometimes for ornament and reputation ; and sometimes... | |
 | John Taylor - Quotations - 1839 - 274 pages
...artful mixture of sweetening and agreeable ingredients. — Anon. The End and Use of Knowledge. — Men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge...natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite, sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation, and sometimes... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1840 - 244 pages
...abridger, and so the patrimony of knowledge conictl , to be sometimes improved, but seldom augmented. But the greatest error of all the rest is the mistaking...natural curiosity, and inquisitive appetite ; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation ; and sometimes... | |
 | James Bush - Beatitudes - 1841 - 124 pages
...religion, when they have first mistaken the right end of education; in which, as Lord Bacon observes, " 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... | |
 | Christopher Wordsworth (bp. of Lincoln.) - 1841 - 304 pages
...propound to themselves, whereunto they bend their endeavours, is the mistaking or misplacing the farthest end of knowledge : for men have entered into a desire of learning, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite, sometimes to entertain their minds with... | |
 | J. Fletcher - 1842 - 478 pages
...assembled in his name. Church bell.— Toll! toll! toll! Professor. — I will go. Goes. END OF KNOWLEDGE. Men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge,...natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite: sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation ; and sometimes... | |
 | Samuel Phillips Newman - English language - 1842 - 326 pages
...style. " 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, sometime, upon a natural curiosity, and an iuqufsitive appetite ; sometimes to entertain their minds... | |
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