Francis Bacon Quote

The obliteration of the evil hath been practised by two means, some kind of redemption or expiation of that which is past, and an inception or account de novo for the time to come. But this part seemeth sacred and religious, and justly; for all good moral philosophy (as was said) is but a handmaid to religion.


Book II, xxii, 14. - The Advancement of Learning (1605)


The obliteration of the evil hath been practised by two means, some kind of redemption or expiation of that which is past, and an inception or...

The obliteration of the evil hath been practised by two means, some kind of redemption or expiation of that which is past, and an inception or...

The obliteration of the evil hath been practised by two means, some kind of redemption or expiation of that which is past, and an inception or...

The obliteration of the evil hath been practised by two means, some kind of redemption or expiation of that which is past, and an inception or...