| Bible - 1849 - 848 pages
...craving of his soul for that species of culture which books cannot give. " That," says Lord Bacon, " will indeed dignify and exalt knowledge, if contemplation and action may be more nearly and strongly conjoined and united together than they have been, — a conjunction like unto that of the... | |
| Henry Barnard - Education - 1849 - 580 pages
...gift of reason to the benefit and use of men, as if there were sought in knowledge a couch. &c., &c., and not a rich store-house for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man 1 s estate.' Such, then, is the use of knowledge. It constitutes a rich store-house, whence we... | |
| 1849 - 580 pages
...of reason to the benefit and use of men, as if there were sought in knowledge a couch. &c., «be., and not a rich store-house for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man? s estate.'' Such, then, is the use of knowledge. It constitutes a rich store-house, whence we... | |
| 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... | |
| Richard Hoggart - Language Arts & Disciplines - 372 pages
...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...if contemplation and action may be more nearly and straightly conjoined and united together than they have been' (The Advancement of Learning, 1605, Bk.... | |
| 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
...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 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.... | |
| 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... | |
| Joyce Oldham Appleby - Knowledge, Sociology of - 1996 - 578 pages
...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...the Creator and the relief of man's estate — But as both heaven and earth do conspire and contribute to the use and benefit of man, so the end ought... | |
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