 But when by the balance of experience it was found, that the astronomer looking to the stars might fall into a ditch, that the inquiring philosopher might be blind in himself, and the mathematician might draw forth a straight line with a crooked heart...  The Life and Times of Sir Philip Sidney - Page 79by S. M. Henry Davis - 1859 - 287 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Sir Philip Sidney - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1807 - 258 pages
...KNOW, and by knowledge to lift up the mind from the dungeon of the body, to the enjoying of its own divine essence. But when, by the balance of experience,...himself; and the mathematician might draw forth a strait line, with a crooked heart ; — then, lo ! did Proof, the over-ruler of opinions, make manifest... | |
 | Philip Sidney - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1807 - 492 pages
...KNOW, and by knowledge to lift up the mind from the dungeon of the body, to the enjoying of its own divine essence. But when, by the balance of experience, it was found that the astronomer, looking to the utars, might fall into a ditch ; that the inquiring philosopher might be blind to himself; and the... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 616 pages
...know, and by knowledge to lift up the mind from the dungeon of the body to the enjoying of his own divine essence. But when by the balance of experience...that the astronomer, looking to the stars, might fall in a ditch ; that the inquiring philosopher might be blind in himself, and the mathematician might... | |
 | Francis Wrangham - Great Britain - 1816 - 624 pages
...know, and by knowledge to lift up the mind from the dungeon of the body to the enjoying of his own divine essence. But when by the balance of experience...that the astronomer, looking to the stars, might fall in a ditch ; that the inquiring philosopher might be blind in himself, and the mathematician might... | |
 | 1822 - 746 pages
...mind from the dungeon of the body, to the enjoying his own divine essence. But when by the ballauce of experience it was found, that the Astronomer, looking to the stars, might fall in a ditch : that the enquiring philosopher might bee blinde in himself; and the mathematician might... | |
 | Laconics - 1829 - 352 pages
...KNOW, and by knowledge to lift up the mind from the dungeon of the body, to the enjoying of its own divine essence. But when, by the balance, of experience,...himself; and the mathematician might draw forth a strait line with a crooked heart;—then, lo! did Proof, the over-ruler of opinions, make manifest... | |
 | John Timbs - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1829 - 354 pages
...KNOw, and by knowledge to lift up the mind from the dungeon of the body, to the enjoying of its owu divine essence. But when, by the balance, of experience, it was found tha- the astronomer, looking to the ftars, might fall into a ditch, that the inquiring philosopher... | |
 | 1830 - 550 pages
...astronomer, looking to the stars, might fall in a ditch; that the inquiring philosopher might be blmd in himself ; and the mathematician might draw forth a...line with a crooked heart ; then lo ! did proof, the over. ruler of opinions, make manifest, that all these are but serving sciences, which as they have... | |
 | 1830 - 540 pages
...knowledge to lift up the mind from the dungeon of the body to the enjoying his own divine essence. Bin when, by the balance of experience, it was found that the astronomer, looking to the stars, might fall in a ditch; that the inquiring philosopher might be blind in himself; and the mathematician might drat... | |
 | English literature - 1831 - 368 pages
...to know, and by knowledge to lift up the mind from the dungeon of the body to the enjoying his own divine essence. But when, by the balance of experience,...that the astronomer, looking to the stars, might fall in a ditch ; that the inquiring philosopher might be blind in himself; and the mathematician might... | |
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