...to logic and the scientific method: Men have entered into the desire of learning and knowledge . . . seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of men, but as if they sought in knowledge a couch whereon to rest a searching and wandering spirit; or...

...furthest end of knowledge. For men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon0 a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes...sometimes for ornament and reputation; and sometimes to enable0 them to victory of wit and contradiction; and most times for lucre and profession;0 and seldom...

...to be heard might ask, "Tocketunnantum?" — "What think you?"48 Conclusion Chains of Knowledge For men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge,...of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of men: as if there were sought in knowledge a couch, whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit;...

...error of all the rest is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or the furthest end of knowledge. For men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge,...for ornament and reputation; and sometimes to enable 134 (above left) Giovan Maria Butteri, The Glassworks. On panel. Florence, Palazzo Vecchio, studiolo...

...rigorous pursuit of truth, which is the legitimate mode, and the other, condemnable desire of knowledge upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite;...to entertain their minds with variety and delight ... as if there were sought in knowledge a couch, wherein to rest a searching and restless spirit.'33...