
“and where men build on false grounds, the more they build, the greater is the ruine:”
The Second Part, Chapter 26, p. 140
Leviathan (1651)
1840s, Heroes and Hero-Worship (1840), The Hero as Prophet
“and where men build on false grounds, the more they build, the greater is the ruine:”
The Second Part, Chapter 26, p. 140
Leviathan (1651)
“There is no vice that doth so cover a man with shame as to be found false and perfidious.”
Of Truth
Essays (1625)
Context: There is no vice that doth so cover a man with shame as to be found false and perfidious. And therefore Montaigne saith prettily, when he inquired the reason, why the word of the lie should be such a disgrace, and such an odious charge? Saith he, If it be well weighed, to say that a man lieth, is as much to say, as that he is brave towards God, and a coward towards men. For a lie faces God, and shrinks from man. Surely the wickedness of falsehood, and breach of faith, cannot possibly be so highly expressed, as in that it shall be the last peal, to call the judgments of God upon the generations of men; it being foretold, that when Christ cometh, he shall not find faith upon the earth.
Source: Epistemology Without A Knowing Subject (1967)
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 344.
“Man, false man, smiling, destructive man!”
Theodosius, or the Force of Love (acted 1680), Act iii., Sc. 2.
Part III : Selection on Education from Kant's other Writings, Ch. I Pedagogical Fragments, # 60
The Educational Theory of Immanuel Kant (1904)
Khalil in Spirits Rebellious (1908) "Khalil The Heretic" Part 3
Context: Vain are the beliefs and teachings that make man miserable, and false is the goodness that leads him into sorrow and despair, for it is man's purpose to be happy on this earth and lead the way to felicity and preach its gospel wherever he goes. He who does not see the kingdom of heaven in this life will never see it in the coming life. We came not into this life by exile, but we came as innocent creatures of God, to learn how to worship the holy and eternal spirit and seek the hidden secrets within ourselves from the beauty of life. This is the truth which I have learned from the teachings of the Nazarene.
“There are words which a man cannot resist from a woman, even though he knows them to be false.”
Is He Popenjoy? (1878), Ch. 18