 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 226 pages
...nearly the whole of the Sixteenth Essay, entitled ' Of Atheism,' which is in the collection of 1612. I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend,...is without a mind. And therefore God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. It is true that a little philosophy... | |
 | English literature - 1847 - 676 pages
...Koran, than that this universal frame is without a mind ; and therefore God never wrought a miracle to convince Atheism, because his ordinary works convince...minds about to religion : for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them and go no farther ; but when it... | |
 | Emma Newton - 1847 - 230 pages
...spoke ; and what do you think she said? — "Wallace, I would rather," as Lord Bacon says, "I would rather believe all the fables in the legend and the...than that this universal frame is without a mind!" The Unbeliever smiled, and he answered, "Are we not agreed, my dearest Agnes ? What is that all-sustaining... | |
 | National Sunday school union - 1871 - 598 pages
...constrained to exclaim with the Psalmist, " 0 Lord, how'wonderful are thy works !" Lord Bacon says, " A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism,...minds about to religion : for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no further ; but when it... | |
 | 1848 - 614 pages
...that his own atheism is the very essence of superstition. " I had rather," said a great philosopher, " believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud,...than that this universal frame is without a mind." But the atheist takes the reverse view of the case, and falls into the extreme of superstitious credulity.... | |
 | John Locke - Intellect - 1849 - 372 pages
...correspondence with the other great men in the state, or else the remedy is worse than the disease. OF ATHEISM. I HAD rather believe all the fables in the legend,...is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's miud to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion ; for, while the mind... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1850 - 892 pages
...with the other great men in the state; or else the remedy is worse than the disease. XVI. OF ATHEISM. I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend,...is without a mind. And therefore God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. It is true, that a little philosophy... | |
 | Francis Bacon - Biography - 1850 - 590 pages
...Alcoran, than that thjs universal frame is without a mind; and, therefore, God never wrought miracle 8 - S P)_*_&S brirtgeth men's minds about to religion ;* for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered,... | |
 | Unitarianism - 1851 - 598 pages
...little learning is a dangerous thing," not full and deep learning. Bacon, in his Essay on Atheism, says: "It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's...minds about to religion ; for, while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no farther ; but, when... | |
 | Lowry M'Clintock - 1851 - 176 pages
...had rather believe all the fables in the legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran," (says Bacon), " than that this universal frame is without a mind,...atheism, because His ordinary works convince it." Belief in the existence of God is a truth universally received by all men, in all nations, and ages... | |
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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 miracles to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. It is true, that... 
