 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1848 - 594 pages
...Laudowne Collection, No. 105, ft. 317. • Harlelan, vol. ii. p. 190. ESSAYS. I. OF TRUTH. WHAT is truth 1 said jesting Pilate ; and would not stay for an answer....and count it a bondage to fix a belief; affecting free-will in thinking, as well as in acting. And though the sects of philosophers of that kind be gone,... | |
 | 1893 - 688 pages
...things." Yes, bat their principal stubbornness is most seen when any attempt is made to get them verified. "What is truth?" said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer. He might in oar enlightened day have asked, " What is a fact ? " and have stayed long enough without... | |
 | Elijah Ridings - 1850 - 200 pages
...discovered, and how much remained undiscovered. (32) " But jesting Pilate ask'd the question once." What is Truth? Said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer. Vide Bacon's Essays. (33) " A book of figures, or a studious course Of mathematical deductions." Mathematical... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 590 pages
...Lansilownc Collection, No. 205, fo. 217. • Harleian, vol. ii. p. 196. rv« г-г. ESSAYS. 3- I. OF T \VHAT true, "Cor no edito," — "eat * 1 will conclude thisjust fruit of frien Ihere be that delight in giddiness ; and count it a bondage to fix a belief; affecting free:will in... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1851 - 228 pages
...by the hand. Your Grace's most obliged and faithful Servant, FR. ST. ALBAN. ESSAYS. I. OF TRUTH. 1. What is truth? said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer1. Certainly there be* that delight in giddiness, and count it a bondage to fix a belief; affecting5... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1852 - 580 pages
...Lansdowne Collection, No. 205, fo. 217. « Harleian, vol. ii. p. 196. ESSAYS. I. OF TRUTH. WHAT is truth1? said jesting Pilate ; and would not stay for an answer....and count it a bondage to fix a belief; affecting free-will in thinking, as well as in acting. ? And though the sects of philosophers of that kind be... | |
 | Joseph Esmond Riddle - 1852 - 552 pages
...1 846 ; and Sketches of Moral and Mental Philosophy, chap. i. § 37. — " Certainly there be some that delight in giddiness, and count it a bondage to fix a belief; affecting free-will in thinking, as in acting. And though the sects of philosophers of that kind be gone, yet... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1853 - 176 pages
...the Hand. Your Grace's most obliged andfaithfull Servant, less. FB. ST. ALBAN. ESSAYS. I. OF TRUTH. WHAT is truth ? said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer.i Certainly there be that delight in giddiness, and count it a bondage to fix a belief; affecting... | |
 | 1854 - 778 pages
...Dublin. " What is Truth?" — Bacon begins his "Essay of Truth" (which is dated 1625) with these words: " What is truth? said jesting Pilate, and would not...and count it a bondage to fix a belief; affecting freewill in thinking, as well as in acting." There is a similar passage in Bishop Andrews's sermon... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1854 - 894 pages
...Grace by the hand. 1625. Your Grace's most obliged and faithful servant, FRAN. ST. ALBAN. I. OF TRUTH. WHAT is truth ? said jesting Pilate ; and would not stay for an answer. Certainly there be that (Wight in giddiness ; and count it a bondage to fix a belief; affecting free-will in thinking, as well... | |
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WHAT is truth ?" said jesting Pilate, and would not stay for an answer. Certainly there be that delight in giddiness, and count it a bondage to fix a belief, affecting free-will in thinking as well as in acting. And though the sects of philosophers of... 
