"And tho' Truth be the Food of the Soul, and the relish of it be very Delicious and Savoury to its Tast, and tho' even in this Sense also 'Light be sweet,and a pleasant thing it is to the Eye to behold the Sun', yet it is painful and troublesom to behold it So, and Men Love Shade and Darkness, rather than so strong and so high a Tide of Light."
An Essay Towards the Theory of the Ideal or Intelligible World
At least 3 entries in ECCO and ESTC (1701, 1704, 1722). [Part 2 published in 1704].<br>
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<u>An Essay Towards the Theory of the Ideal or Intelligible World. Design'd for Two Parts. The First Considering It Absolutely in It Self, and the Second in Relation to Human Understanding. Part 1. by John Norris, Rector of Bemerton, Near Sarum.</u> (London: Printed for S. Manship, at the Ship in Cornhill, near the Royal-Exchange; and W. Hawes, at the Rose in Ludgate-Street near the West-End of St. Paul’s Church, 1701). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T76546">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com.proxy.its.virginia.edu/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW119389091&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=bUpIAAAAMAAJ">Link to Vol. I in Google Books</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=AgdQAAAAYAAJ">Link to Vol. II in Google Books</a>&gt;