 ... but when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate, and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity : nay, even that school which is most accused of atheism doth most demonstrate religion : that is, the school of Leucippus, and Democritus,...  Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy - Page 50by George Lillie Craik - 1846Full view - About this book
 | Francis Bacon - 1868 - 694 pages
...of atheism, doth most demonstrate religion ; that is, the school of Leucippus, and Democritus, and Epicurus — for it is a thousand times more credible,...Scripture saith, ' The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God ;'2 it is not said, ' The fool hath thought in his heart ; so as3 he rather saith it... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1868 - 786 pages
...of his 'incredulity,' while believing anything so strange and absurd as that ' an army of infinitely small portions or seeds unplaced, should have produced this order and beauty without a divine marshal.' In that phenomenon in language, that both in the Greek and Latin, nouns of the neuter gender, denoting... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1868 - 458 pages
...produced this Order, and Beauty, without a Divine Marshall. The Scripture saith ; The Foole hath said in his Heart, there is no God: It is not said ; The Foole hath thought in his Heart: So as, he rather saith it by rote to himselfe, as that he would have,... | |
 | James Hain Friswell - 1869 - 498 pages
...of atheism doth most demonstrate religion — that is the school of Leucippus, and Democritus, and Epicurus. For it is a thousand times more credible...essence, duly and eternally placed, need no God, than 1 Mr. A. Wright's may be pointed out as a cheap and reliable edition of the original text. that an... | |
 | Horace A. Cleveland - 1869 - 610 pages
...Leucippus, and Democritus, and Epicurus. For it is a thousand times more credible that four immutable elements, and one immutable fifth essence, duly and...eternally placed, need no God, than that an army of infinitf small portions, or seeds unplaced, should have produced this ordei and beauty without a Divine... | |
 | Henry Edward Manning - 1871 - 168 pages
...in one of his essays has used these words. Quoting the Book of Psalms, he says, ' The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.' It is not said, ' The fool hath thought in his heart :' that is, the fool did say so in his heart, because he hoped there might be no God. He did not say... | |
 | William Graham - 1872 - 246 pages
...Berkeley's), against Democritus and Epicurus, holds to-day against their modern representatives. " For it is a thousand times more credible that four...or seeds unplaced should have produced this order without a Divine Marshal." His objection to the seeds producing the order without a mind is the objection... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1873 - 266 pages
...doth most demonstrate religion; that is, the school of Leucippus,2 and Democritus,3 and Epicurus.4 For it is a thousand times more credible, that four mutable elements and one immutable fifth essence,5 duly and eternally placed, need no God, than that an army of infinite small portions or seeds... | |
 | Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - 1875 - 810 pages
...of atheism doth the most demonstrate religion, that is, the school of Leucippus and Democritus, and Epicurus. For it is a thousand times more credible...produced this order and beauty without a divine marshal!. " — Bacon. f It should be observed, however, that Prof. Tyndall has an esoteric faith of a very different... | |
 | James McCosh - 1875 - 76 pages
...of atheism, doth the most demonstrate religion ; that is the school of Leucippus and Democritus and Epicurus. For it is a thousand times more credible...produced this order and beauty without a divine marshal." But it is said that the fit survive while the unfit perish. We are inclined to discover an ordinance... | |
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