 ... as if there were sought in knowledge a couch, 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 state, for a proud mind to raise itself upon;...  History of English Literature - Էջ 216Hippolyte Taine - 1871Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | David Read - 2005 - 190 էջ
...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; or a terrace,...state, for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort and commanding ground, for strife and contention; or a shop, for profit or sale; and not a rich storehouse,... | |
 | Barry L. Craig - 2005 - 254 էջ
...searching and restless spirit." Instead knowledge should be directed toward two proper ends: "[to be] a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate." In regard to the knowledge of God, reason is not to speculate about it; that knowledge comes to us... | |
 | Roy Gardner, Denis Lawton, Jo Cairns - 2005 - 294 էջ
...too far from the reference given in Wrigley (ibid.: 6) quoting Francis Bacon, who saw knowledge as 'a rich storehouse, for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate'. At its best a school mission can articulate, for those both in and outside the school, the wider purposes... | |
 | Stephen John Campbell, Stephen L. Campbell - 2004 - 430 էջ
...benefit and use of men: as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching and a restless spirit; or a terrace for a wandering and...with a fair prospect; or a tower of state for a proud man to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention; or a shop for profit... | |
 | Willem B. Drees, Hubert Meisinger, Zbigniew Liana - 2006 - 182 էջ
...there were to be sought in knowledge a couch, whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or terrace, for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect . . . and not a rich store house, for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate' (Bacon... | |
 | Conal Condren, Stephen Gaukroger, Ian Hunter - 2006 - 242 էջ
...there were to be sought in knowledge a couch, whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or terrace, for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect . . . and not a rich store house, for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate'.77 Elsewhere... | |
 | Ilse Vickers - 2006 - 224 էջ
...life', he equally stressed that it should be 'perfected and governed [by] charity'; knowledge should be 'a rich storehouse, for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate' (III: 294). It is important that we remember that 'Bacon professed no such narrow utilitarianism as... | |
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