 | Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1819 - 580 pages
...than the disease. XVI. OF ATHEISM. I HAD rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is...little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism ; ~x but depth in philosophy bringeth mens minds about to religion : for while the mind of man looketh... | |
 | Francis Bacon (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 214 pages
...Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind ; and, therefore, God never wrought miracles to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince...mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men'* minds about to religion; for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1820 - 548 pages
...the disease. XVII. OF ATHEISM. i HAD rather believe all the fables in the legends, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind; and, therefore, God never wrought miracles to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. It is true, that a little philosophy... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - Psychology - 1821 - 706 pages
...in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind ! It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's...mind to atheism ; but depth in philosophy bringeth mm'* tnimli about to religion; for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1821 - 490 pages
...prove effectual ?" " I had rather," says Bacon, " believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind. And, therefore, God never wrought a miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. It is true that a little philosophy... | |
 | British prose literature - 1821 - 416 pages
...than the disease. XVII. OF ATHEISM. I HAD rather believe all the fables in the legend, and the Talmnd, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is...without a mind ; and, therefore, God never wrought miracles to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. It is true, that a little philosophy... | |
 | Robert Adam - Religions - 1823 - 530 pages
...of a Deity. Indeed, as Lord Bacon has well remarked, in his Essays, " a little philosophy incl'meth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth...minds about to religion ; for, while the mind of man looketU upon second causes scattered, it may rest in them and go no farther ; but when it beholdeth... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1834 - 784 pages
...sixteenth essay, which is " Of Atheism," " I had rather believe all the fables in the legend and the Talmud and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is...works convince it. It is true that a little philosophy inclines man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion ; for... | |
 | Theology - 1832 - 698 pages
...which he has expressed xvithout hesitancy or quali6cation, " that a little philosophy inclined) a man to atheism ; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's...religion ; for while the mind of man looketh upon second •Hume. causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them and go no further ; but when it beholdeth... | |
 | John Evans - Cults - 1832 - 278 pages
...the remedy for insanity. Lord Bacon, in his Essays, remarks, that " A little phii losophy inclineth a man's mind to Atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth...of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may rest in them and go no farther ; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederated and linked together,... | |
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HAD rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind. And therefore God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. 
