 | Francis Bacon - Essays - 1884 - 722 pages
...man, hath somewhat of the savage beast ; but it is most untrue, that it should have any cluiracter at all of the divine nature, except' it proceed, not...to have been falsely and feignedly in some of the heathens — as Epimehides, the Candian ; Niuna, the Roman ; Empeducles, the Sicilian; and Apollonius,... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1885 - 752 pages
...god.' For it is most true, that a natural and secret hatred and aversion towards society in any man that which they have of your friends; and there is...Spanish proverb, which says very justly, 'Tell me But little do men perceive what solitude is, and how far it extendeth. For a crowd is not company,... | |
 | William Swinton - American literature - 1886 - 690 pages
...natural 'and secret hatred and aversation towards society in any man hath somewhat of the sav- 5 age beast ; but it is most untrue that it should have...falsely and feignedly in some of the heathen — as Epimeni-w 45. dim mire-. distinctions. 45. the iehoolmen. The name "schoolmen " is applied to the philosophers... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1886 - 304 pages
...For it is most true, that a natural and secret hatred and aversation towards society, in any 5 man, hath somewhat of the savage beast ; but it is most...for a higher conversation : such as is found to have w been falsely and feignedly in some of the heathens, as Epimenides the Candian, Numa the Roman, Empedocles... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1887 - 326 pages
...god." For it is most true that a natural and secret hatred and aversation towards society, in any man, hath somewhat of the savage beast ; but it is most...in some of the heathen, as Epimenides the Candian, Numa the Roman, Empedocles the Sicilian, and Apollonius of Tyana ; and truly and really in divers of... | |
 | Robert Cochrane - Authors, English - 1887 - 572 pages
...god." For it is most true, that a natural and secret hatred, and aversion towards society, in any man, d similes, and epigrammatic turns, especially when...disIigurement rather than any embellishment of discourse. As Candían, Numa the Roman, Empedocles the Sicilian, and Apollonius of Tyana ; and truly and really in... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Philosophy, English - 1890 - 826 pages
...god. For it is most true that a natural and secret hatred and aversation towards society in any man, hath somewhat of the savage beast ; but it is most...nature ; except it proceed, not out of a pleasure iu solitude, but out of a love and desire to sequester a man's self for a higher conversation : such... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1888 - 336 pages
...god." For it is most true that a natural and secret hatred and aversation towards society, in any man, hath somewhat of the savage beast ; but it is most...in some of the heathen, as Epimenides the Candian, Numa the Roman, Empedocles the Sicilian, and Apollonius of Tyana ; and truly and really in divers of... | |
 | Benjamin G. Lovejoy - Authors, English - 1888 - 306 pages
...for it is most true, that a natural and secret hatred and aversation towards \ society, in any man, hath somewhat of the savage beast; but it is most...conversation: such as is found to have been falsely and * A foolish man who fritters away matters of importance by silly words, ie a trifler. "It is better... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1890 - 788 pages
...god. For it is most true that a natural and secret hatred and aversation towards society in any man, hath somewhat of the savage beast ; but it is most...in some of the heathen ; as Epimenides the Candian, Numa the Roman, Empedocles the Sicilian, and Apollonius of Tyana; and truly and really in divers of... | |
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For it is most true that a natural and secret hatred and aversation towards society in any man, hath somewhat of the savage beast ; but it is most untrue that it should have any character at all of the divine nature ; except it proceed, not out of a pleasure... 
