 | Francis Bacon - Philosophy - 1819 - 580 pages
...other great men in 1,. II. u 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 (visct. St. Albans.) - 1819 - 602 pages
...Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind. And therefore God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince...mind to atheism ; but depth in philosophy bringeth mens minds about to religion : for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1820 - 548 pages
...remedy is worse than 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...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... | |
 | 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...is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's miird to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion; for while the mind... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1821 - 490 pages
...to be combated, what other refutation is likely to prove effectual ?" " I had rather," says Bacon, " believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud,...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... | |
 | Dugald Stewart - Psychology - 1821 - 706 pages
...voluminous and now neglected erudition displayed by Cudworth in defence of the same argument. 11 I bad rather believe all the fables in the Legend, 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1822 - 238 pages
...with the other great men in the state, or else the remedy is worse than the disease. XVII. OF ATHEISM. I HAD rather believe all the fables in the legend,...Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a miud ; and, therefore, God never wrought miracles to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince... | |
 | English literature - 1822 - 696 pages
...the Essay immediately preceding, and to which his comparison directly refers, with these words — " I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend,...Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame i> without a mind. And therefore God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because bis ordinary... | |
 | Francis Bacon - English essays - 1824 - 598 pages
...Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind. And therefore God never wrought 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... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind ; and, therefore, God never wrought 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 further ; but when it... | |
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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... 
