 But the truth is, that the knowledge of external nature, and the sciences which that knowledge requires or includes, are not the great or the frequent business of the human mind. Whether we provide for action or conversation, whether we wish to be useful...  The Lives of the English Poets - Page 67by Samuel Johnson - 1826 - 420 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Ker Spittal - Literary Criticism - 1923 - 436 pages
...the knowledge of external nature, and of the sciences which that knowledge requires or includes, is not the great or the frequent business of the human...whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first CHARACTER 217 requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong ; the next is an acquaintance... | |
 | Carlo Formichi - 1925 - 518 pages
...# * # The knowledge of external nature, and the sciences which that knowledge requires or includes, are not the great or the frequent business of the human mind. Some seem to think that we are placed here to watch the growth of plants, or the motions of the stars.... | |
 | John Milton - Education - 1928 - 402 pages
...that the knowledge of external nature, and the sciences which that knowledge requires or includes, are not the great or the frequent business of the...mankind, and with those examples which may be said to em-, body truth, and prove by events the reasonableness of opinions. Prudence and Justice are virtues,... | |
 | Robert Charles Rathburn, Martin Steinmann - Literary Criticism - 1958 - 342 pages
...knowledge of right and wrong is more important than knowledge of facts: he agrees with Dr. Johnson that "Whether we provide for action or conversation, whether...the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong ; ... we are perpetually moralists, but we are geometricians only by chance" ("Milton," Lives of the... | |
 | Robert C. Rathburn, Martin Steinmann - English fiction - 1967 - 340 pages
...knowledge of right and wrong is more important than knowledge of facts: he agrees with Dr. Johnson that "Whether we provide for action or conversation, whether...religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong; ... we are perpetually moralists, but we are geometricians only by chance" ("Milton," Lives of the... | |
 | Gayle L. Ormiston - Science - 1990 - 236 pages
...that the knowledge of external nature, and the sciences which that knowledge requires or includes, are not the great or the frequent business of the human mind. Whether we provide for action of conversation, . . . the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong... | |
 | Carl Mitcham - Philosophy - 1994 - 410 pages
...that the knowledge of external nature, and the sciences which that knowledge requires or includes, are not the great or the frequent business of the human mind. Whether we provide for action of conversation, . . . the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong.... | |
 | Sir William Henry Sleeman - Biography & Autobiography - 1995 - 386 pages
...that the knowledge of external nature and the sciences, which that knowledge requires or includes, are not the great or the frequent business of the...acquaintance with the history of mankind, and with thc>se examples which may be said to embody truth, and prove by events the reasonableness of opinions.3... | |
 | Scott D. Evans - Philosophy of nature - 1999 - 180 pages
...that the knowledge of external nature, and the sciences which that knowledge requires or includes, are not the great or the frequent business of the human mind. . . . Prudence and Justice are virtues and excellences of all times and of all places. . . . Our intercourse... | |
 | John T. Lynch - Literary Criticism - 2003 - 244 pages
...knowledge of external nature . . . [is] not the great or frequent business of the human mind . . . The first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge...embody truth and prove by events the reasonableness of opinions.'8 Johnson, it must be admitted, made these accusations with little firsthand knowledge of... | |
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