Francis Bacon — "The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge…"

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 or man come in danger by it.
Francis Bacon — Francis Bacon Early Modern · Empiricism, scientific method

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Essays, Of Goodness, and Goodness of Nature

Date: 1625

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