“ the desire of knowledge in excess, caused man to fall: but in charity there is no excess ”
Francis Bacon, The Essays of Francis Bacon (1597). copy citation
Author | Francis Bacon |
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Source | The Essays of Francis Bacon |
Topic | excess charity |
Date | 1597 |
Language | English |
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Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/575/575-h/575-h.htm |
Context
“and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing; no better than a kind of vermin. Goodness answers to the theological virtue, charity, and admits no excess, but error. The desire of power in excess, caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess, caused man to fall: but in charity there is no excess; neither can angel, nor man, come in danger by it. The inclination to goodness, is imprinted deeply in the nature of man; insomuch, that if it issue not towards men, it will take unto other living creatures;”
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