 ... 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; or...  The Retrospective Review - Page 2841821Full view - About this book
 | 1849 - 736 pages
...tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon ; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention ; or a shop, for profit or sale ; and not a rich storehouse, for the glury of the Creator, and the relief of man's estate."* And the same ideas run all through his works... | |
 | DeWitt Clinton, William W. Campbell - Biography & Autobiography - 1849 - 446 pages
...proud mind to rest itself upon ; or a fort, or commanding ground, for strife and contention; or a ship for profit or sale ; and not a rich store-house for the glory of God and the benefit of man."f Shall we then call on some transcendant genius to dispel the darkness... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pages
...tower of state, for a proud mind to raise itself upon ; or a fort, or commanding ground, for strife and conte 5 then weighs the dignity of knowledge " in the balance with other things," and takes the value by testimonies... | |
 | Joan Simon - Education - 1966 - 472 pages
...true account of their gift of reason for the benefit and use of men'; they fail to see knowledge as 'a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate'. Yet it is this, Bacon insists, that will in fact dignify and exalt knowledge, 'if contemplation and... | |
 | Hendrik De Man - Political Science - 524 pages
...psychological root of the socialism of intellectuals. CHAPTER EIGHT THE SOCIALISM OF INTELLECTUALS . for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate. FRANCIS BACON I AM well aware that when I now go on to speak of the socialism of intellectuals (after... | |
 | Leonard R. N. Ashley - England - 1988 - 330 pages
...tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention; or a shop for profit or sale; and not...glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate. But this is that which will indeed dignify and exalt knowledge, if contemplation and action may be... | |
 | Edward LeRoy Long Jr. - Religion - 1992 - 250 pages
...value of philosophy for affairs of state, as well as Bacon's belief that knowledge is best used "as a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate," have been utilized on the premise that the educational institution trains individuals who assume, usually... | |
 | B. H. G. Wormald - History - 1993 - 436 pages
...tower of state, for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground, for strife and contention; or a shop for profit or sale; and not...for the glory of the creator and the relief of man's estate.27 Sloth, vain-glory, envy, pride, greed it is failings like these which Bacon describes here.... | |
 | B. H. G. Wormald - History - 1993 - 436 pages
...observed...' What is sought is not self-importance and self-flattery for the human race, but, instead, a rich storehouse for the glory of the creator and the relief of man's estate. Cultivation of knowledge, religious, moral, civil, natural, is a religious and moral exercise. ' All... | |
 | George V. Tudhope - 1993 - 40 pages
...evidence favors Francis Bacon as being the father and head of it. Note the words around his portrait: FOR THE GLORY OF THE CREATOR AND THE RELIEF OF MAN'S ESTATE, is quite Masonic. Plate III is another emblematic device which not only connects; Francis Bacon with... | |
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