| Sir Richard Joseph Sullivan (bart.) - 1794 - 518 pages
...be wretched in the extreme. And thus, says Bacon, I had rather believe all-the fables in the Legend, the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without mind. Atheism must rather be in the ? Bolingbrokci the life, than in the heart of man. Against atheists,... | |
| 1869
...contrast to that of the great masters of philosophy. " I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind."* So said the author of the " Novum Organum." And the author of the " Principia" adds, that it "belongs... | |
| David Simpson - 1803 - 446 pages
...always been incapable of such conduct. What Lord BACON* saith of Atheism is equally true of Deism : " A " little philosophy inclineth man's mind to Atheism,...philosophy, bringeth men's minds about to " Religion." Our great moral Poet ', too, will teach us the same lesson : " A lirle learning is a dangerous thing... | |
| John Evans - 1807 - 344 pages
...remedy for insanity. Lord Bacon, in his Essays, justly remarks, that "A little philosophy inclineth a man's mind to Atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth...men's minds about to religion ; for while the mind of maa looketh upon second causes scattered, it may rest in them and go no farther : but when it beholdeth... | |
| Thomas Mortimer - 1810 - 532 pages
...the scriptures, by his frequent allusions to them, and citations from them. His noted axiom was, " That a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to Atheism...philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion ;" and he placed theology at the head of all learning, at the highest perfection and attainment of... | |
| Ancient learning - 1812 - 322 pages
...cogitation whatsoever may sound that way. HOOIZK. I 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.... | |
| Francis Bacon - 1812 - 348 pages
...or else the remedy is worse than the disease. OF I 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... | |
| Dugald Stewart - 1814 - 560 pages
...argument. " I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Aleoran, thau that this universal frame is without a mind ! It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's mindto atheism; but depth in philosophy bringcth men's minds about to religion; for while the mind... | |
| Dugald Stewart - 1814 - 582 pages
...same argument. " I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alco" ran, than that this universal frame is without a mind < It is true that a little philo" sophy inclincth man's mind to atheism ; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds " about... | |
| New Church gen. confer - 1877 - 624 pages
...conclusions. Lord Bacon, who had a marvellous power of seeing through and round a subject, once said : "A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism ; but depth in philosophy bringeth man's mind to religion." Perhaps nothing sounder or truer was ever said, and it certainly seems a severe... | |
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