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... The Retrospective Review - Page 2841821Full view - About this book
| Robert Sears - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1844 - 514 pages
...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, to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction ; and most times for lucre and profession... | |
| Caroline Frances Cornwallis - Common fallacies - 1845 - 144 pages
...mistaking or misplacing the last or farthest end of knowledge ; for men," saith that wise writer, " have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge,...and most times for lucre and profession; and seldom to give a true account of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of men: as if there were sought... | |
| Charles Walker Connon - 1845 - 176 pages
...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, an inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for... | |
| George Lillie Craik - Philosophers - 1846 - 730 pages
...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,...of their gift 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... | |
| Philosophy - 1846 - 492 pages
...mistaking or misplacing the last or farthest end of knowledge ; for men," saith that wise writer, " have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge,...and most times for lucre and profession ; and seldom to give a true account of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of men; as if there were sought... | |
| George Lillie Craik - Philosophers - 1846 - 778 pages
...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,...to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction; aud most times for lucre and profession ; and seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift... | |
| Materials - 1846 - 478 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...ornament and reputation, and sometimes to enable them to obtain the victory of witand contradiction, and sometimes for lucre and profession ; but seldom sincerely... | |
| George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 732 pages
...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 for ornament and reputation; and sometimes to enahle them to victory of wit and contradiction; and most times for lucre and profession; and seldom... | |
| George Hooker Colton, James Davenport Whelpley - Periodicals - 1846 - 724 pages
...are the same, and knowledge is the inMrumenl of their removal. No less than men, are women bound " to give a true account of their gift of reason to the benefit and use of mankind." There has always been a strong inclination to make women proficients, not in the sciences,... | |
| George Hooker Colton, James Davenport Whelpley - Periodicals - 1846 - 694 pages
...are the same, and knowledge is the instrument of their removal. No less than men, are women bound " to give a true account of their gift of reason to the benefit and use of mankind." There has always been a strong inclination to make women proficients, not in the sciences,... | |
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