 | John Hayward - Christian biography - 1842 - 444 pages
...nothing without a clear demonstration of it." Lord Bacon remarks, that " A little philosophy 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,... | |
 | George Ramsay - Ethics - 1843 - 574 pages
...proximate causes may sometimes lead men to rest therein, forgetting the first cause of all,14 14 It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind...together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity. Bacon's Essays, " Of Atheism." so the use of proximate rules of morality often prevents men from looking... | |
 | George Ramsay - Ethics - 1843 - 620 pages
...the first cause of all,14 14 It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to A theism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about...together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity. Bacon's Essays, " Of Atheism." so the use of proximate rules of morality often prevents men from looking... | |
 | Periodicals - 1844 - 276 pages
...little philosophy," says Lord Bacon, " inclineth men's minds to atheism, but a depth in it brings them about to religion ; for while the mind of man looketh...together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity." [Abridged from BASILEY'S Glory of the Heaven*.] SOME good we can all do ; and if we do all that is... | |
 | Robert Sears - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1844 - 514 pages
...its own monument in immortality. VIRTUE and INTELLECT survive the wrecks of Time. ADAPTATION. '• IT is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind...scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no farther ; but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate, and linked together, it must needs fly... | |
 | American literature - 1855 - 602 pages
...and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind. While the mind of man looketh at second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in...together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity." The chief specimen which we possess of Bacon's talents as a historian is to be found in his " History... | |
 | John Evans - Christian sects - 1844 - 300 pages
...parts of Europe. Lord Bacon, in his Essays, justly remarks, that " a little philosophy 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,... | |
 | John Hayward - Christian biography - 1845 - 458 pages
...nothing without a clear demonstration of it." Lord Bacon remarks, that " A little philosophy 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,... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - Philosophers - 1846 - 778 pages
...therefore God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind...linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and T)eity. Nay, even that school which is most accused of atheism, doth most demonstrate religion —... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 226 pages
...therefore God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind...sometimes rest in them and go no further ; but when it beboldeth the chain of them confederate and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and T)eity.... | |
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It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men'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... 
