Knowledge is not our proper happiness. Whoever will in the least attend to the thing will see, that it is the gaining, not the having of it, which is the entertainment of the mind l. The Ethics of Aristotle - 第 337 頁Aristotle 著 - 1874完整檢視 - 關於此書
| Joseph Butler - 1726 - 340 頁
...proper Happinefs of Humane Nature : Whoever will in the leaft attend to the thing will fee, that 'tis the Gaining, not the Having of it, which is the Entertainment of the Mind. Indeed, if the proper Happinefs of Manconfifted in Knowledge confidered as a Pofieflion or Treafure, Men who are poficflcd... | |
| Joseph Butler, Samuel Hallifax - 1838 - 632 頁
...apply ourselves to that which is level to our capacities, and which is our real business and concern. Knowledge is not our proper happiness. Whoever will...least attend to the thing will see, that it is the * Suppose some very complicated piece of work, some system or constitution, formed for some general... | |
| Augustus Clissold - 1839 - 260 頁
...apply ourselves to that which is level to our capacities,f and which is our real business and concern. Knowledge is not our proper happiness. Whoever will,...the entertainment of the mind. Indeed, if the proper happinessof man consisted in knowledge, considered as a possession or treasure, men who are possessed... | |
| 1839 - 836 頁
...blessedness. Again, Bishop Butler says — " Knowledge is not the proper happiness of human nature. Whoever will in the least attend to the thing, will see, that it is the gaining, not the having, of ¡t which is the entertainment of the mind. Indeed, if the proper happiness of man consisted in knowledge,... | |
| Sir Thomas Browne - 1845 - 420 頁
...when he mall confider what an odd and unworthy piece of folly he hath attend to the thing will fee, that it is the gaining, not the having of it, which is the entertainment of the mind." &c. * (£? ware bocb imnter fcu&fcfcer, nxnn man bte Jlinbcr von ben 23attmcn fdn'ittelte. Goethe.... | |
| James Pycroft - 1845 - 122 頁
...stores of reading. The one possesses, but the other coins. Butler, the author of the Analogy, said, " Whoever will in the least attend to the thing will see that it is not the having knowledge, but the gaining of it, which is the entertainment of the mind." In every... | |
| 1847 - 508 頁
...not only is knowledge power, but, as no mean authority has observed, " it is the gaining knowledge, not the having of it, which is the entertainment of the mind." Hence its mere acquisition being accompanied with a perception of pleasure as well as of increased... | |
| Joseph Butler, Samuel Hallifax - 1848 - 632 頁
...apply ourselves to that which is level to our capacities, and which is our real business and concern. Knowledge is not our proper happiness. Whoever will...least attend- to the thing will see, that it is the * Suppose some very complicated piece ofwtrk, some iyitem or cant titut ion, formed for some general... | |
| James Pycroft - 1848 - 78 頁
...stores of reading. The one possesses, but the other coins. Butler, the author of the Analogy, said, " Whoever will in the least attend to the thing will see that it is not the having knowledge, but the gaining of it, which is the entertainment of the mind. In every part... | |
| James Pycroft - 1850 - 366 頁
...of reading. The one possesses,, but the other coins. Butr 2 ler, the author of the Analogy, said, " Whoever will in the least attend to the thing will see that it is not the having of knowledge, but the gaining of it, which is the entertainment of the mind." In every... | |
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