One of the fathers, in great severity, called poesy vinum daemonum, because it filleth the imagination, and yet it is but with the shadow of a lie. But it is not the lie that passeth through the mind, but the lie that sinketh in, and settleth in it, that... Moral, Economical, and Political Essays - Page 11by Francis Bacon - 1833 - 216 pagesFull view - About this book
| Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1856 - 562 pages
...fathers, in great severity, called poesy ' vinum daemonum,'3 because it filleth the imagination, and yet is but with the shadow of a lie. But it is not the...that doth the hurt, such as we spake of before. But howsoever4 these things are thus in men's depraved judgments and affections, yet truth, which only... | |
| George Henry Townsend - 1857 - 140 pages
...themselves ? One of the fathers, in great severity, called poesy vinum d&monum., because it filleth the imagination, and yet it is but with the shadow...are thus in men's depraved judgments and affections, yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making,... | |
| George Henry Townsend - 1857 - 136 pages
...themselves ? One of the fathers, in great severity, called poesy rinum dtzmonum, because itfilleth the imagination, and yet it is but with the shadow...are thus in men's depraved judgments and affections, yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making,... | |
| Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - 1857 - 578 pages
...fathers, in great severity, called poesy ' vinum dsemonum/3 because it filleth the imagination, and yet is but with the shadow of a lie. But it is not the...that doth the hurt, such as we spake of before. But howsoever4 these things are thus in men's depraved judgments and affections, yet truth, which only... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1858 - 812 pages
...One of the Fathers, in great severity, called poesy vinum deemonum [devil'swine], because it filleth the imagination ; and yet it is but with the shadow...through the mind, but the lie that sinketh in and settle th in it. that doth the hurt ; such as we spake of before. But howsoever these things are thus... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1857 - 412 pages
...themfelves ? One of the Fathers,3 in great Severity, called Poefy, Vinum Dfemonum ; becaufe it filleth the Imagination, and yet it is but with the Shadow of a Lie. But it is not the Lie that paffeth through the Mind, but the Lie that finketh in and fettleth in it, that doth the Hurt, fuch... | |
| Charles Mackay - 1857 - 874 pages
...PLEASURE. One of the fathers, in great severity, ealh-d poesy, ' the wine of demons,' because it filleth the imagination, and yet it is but with the shadow of a lie." So said the great philosopher ; and so too many have believed, because they were told ti> believe by... | |
| 1886 - 910 pages
...illusions be conducive to happiness. Bacon, it should be noted, takes care to say just afterward, " But howsoever these things are thus in men's depraved judgments and affections, yet truth ... is the sovereign good of human nature." So that, after all, the boys might quote the... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1858 - 792 pages
...One of the Fathers, in great severity, called poesy vinum damonum [devil'swine], because it filleth the imagination ; and yet it is but with the shadow...are thus in men's depraved judgments and affections, yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1858 - 790 pages
...One of the Fathers, in great severity, called poesy vinum dœmonum [devil'swine], because it filleth the imagination ; and yet it is but with the shadow...are thus in men's depraved judgments and affections, yet truth, which only doth judge itself, teacheth that the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making... | |
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