...in the whole universe no proof of design can be discovered? I fully accept Lord Bacon's declaration: "I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend,...than that this universal frame is without a mind." 10 12. My purpose thus far has been to give very briefly the reasons for affirming that I find a necessity...

...Bacon's Essays (1798). By permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library. 162 OF ATHEISM. I HAD rather believe all the fables in the legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran than that this univerfal frame is without a mind : and, therefore, God never wrought miracle to convince atheifm,...

...relevant to these observations. "I had rather believe (says that extraordinary man) all the fables of the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind. It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth a man's mind to atheism: but depth in philosophy bringeth...

...your life has illustrated it. John Keats 1795-1821 Letter to George and Georgiana Keats May 1819 21. I had rather believe all the fables in the legend,...than that this universal frame is without a mind. Francis Bacon 1561-1626 Essays of Atheism 22. Science is facts; just as houses are made of stones,...

...existence of a God, for, as he said in "Of Atheism": "I had rather believe all the fables in the legends and the Talmud and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind." 8. Izaak Walton referred to "the great secretary of Nature and all learning, Sir Francis Bacon" (The...

...once the Reformers turned against Saints in general. Francis Bacon in his essay "On Atheism" says, "I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend and the Alcoran [Koran] than that this Universal Frame is without a Mind." Many of the stories recounted here...