| John Bristed - 1803 - 326 pages
...capability of goodness, and lead the inquirer " Thro' all Nature up to Nature's GOD." " For it is an assured truth, and a conclusion of experience, that...which are next unto the senses, do offer themselves unto the mind of man, if it dwell and staythere, it may induce some oblivion of the highest cause ;... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1805 - 370 pages
...1752. rous pages equally well written occur, will, I have no doubt, confirm the assertion : " It is an assured truth, and a conclusion of experience, that...superficial knowledge of philosophy may incline the minde of man to atheisme ; but a farther proceeding therein doth bring the minde backe againe to religion... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1805 - 378 pages
...incline the minde of man to atheisme ; but a farther proceeding therein doth bring the minde backe againe to religion : for in the entrance of philosophy, when...the second causes, which are next unto the senses, doe offer themselves to the minde of man, if it dwell and stay there, it may induce some oblivion of... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1805 - 376 pages
...-written occur, will, I have no doubt, confirm the assertion : " It is an assured truth, and a concfesiow of experience, that a little or superficial knowledge of philosophy may incline the Jftinde of man to* atheisme ; but a farther proceeding therein doth bring the minde backe againe to... | |
| George Baldwin - 1811 - 408 pages
...himself observed, Bncon, of (lie Advancement of Learning, book ip 6. " But it is an assured " trulh, und a conclusion of experience, that a little or superficial knowledge " of philosophy my incline the minde of roan to Atheisme, but a further pro" ceeding therein doth bringe the minde... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1824 - 642 pages
...nothing else but to offer to the author of truth the unclean sacrifice of a lie. But, farther, it is an assured truth, and a conclusion of experience, that...atheism, but a farther proceeding therein doth bring the miad back again to religion. For in the entrance of philosophy, when the second causes, which are next... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1827 - 526 pages
...passage to which Dr. Rawley alludes, is in the "Advancement of Learning,"^/) where he says," It is an assured truth, and a conclusion of experience, that...Atheism, but a farther proceeding therein doth bring the inind back again to religion ; for in the entrance of philosophy, when the second causes, which are... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...of fools, than this, ' There "is no God.'" In the Advancement of Learning, he says, " It • " is an assured truth, and a conclusion of experience, " that..." may incline the mind of man to atheism, but " a further proceeding therein doth bring the " mind back again to religion ; for in the entrance " of... | |
| Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1825 - 550 pages
...saying of fools, than this, ' There " u no God.' " In the Advancement of Learning, he say?, "It " is an assured truth, and a conclusion of experience, " that..." may incline the mind of man to atheism, but " a further proceeding therein doth bring the " mind back again to religion ; for in the entrance " of... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1825 - 524 pages
...wings of the senses. 5. Learned men are inclined to be heretics, and learned men to atheism 12 It is an assured truth and a conclusion of experience, that...philosophy may incline the mind of man to atheism, but a further proceeding therein doth bring the mind back again to religion. Let no man, upon a weak conceit... | |
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