 ... 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 - 1891 - 466 pages
...atheism, doth most demonstrate religion: that is, the school of Leucippus, 2 and Democritus, 3 and Epicurus; for it is a thousand times more credible...mutable elements, and one immutable fifth essence, 4 duly and eternally placed, need no God, than that an army of infinite small portions, or seeds unplaced,... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1893 - 342 pages
...of atheism doth most demonstrate religion : that is, the school of Leucippus, * and Democritus,3 and Epicurus for it is a thousand times more credible...that four mutable elements, and one immutable fifth essi This passage not improbably contains the germ of Pope's famous lines, — " A little learning... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1893 - 304 pages
...For it is a thoufand times more credible that four mutable elements and one immutable fifth chance, duly and eternally placed, need no God, than that an army of infinite fmall portions or feeds unplaced mould have produced this order and beauty without a divine marfhal.... | |
 | Robert Flint - 1894 - 608 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,...produced this order and beauty without a Divine Marshal." Gassendi, a dignitary of the Roman Catholic Church, a contemporary and friend yet opponent of Descartes,... | |
 | 1894 - 832 pages
...accused of atheism, doth most demonstrate religion ; that is the school of Leucippus and Democritus and Epicurus. For it is a thousand times more credible...eternally placed, need no God ; than that an army of infinitely small portions, or seeds unplaced, should have produced this order and beauty without a... | |
 | Alexander Campbell Fraser - 1895 - 352 pages
...accused of atheism doth most demonstrate religion ; that is the school of Leucippus, and Democritus, and Epicurus — for it is a thousand times more credible...this order and beauty, without a divine marshal." Then hear Descartes : " With respect to God, if I were not preoccupied by prejudices, and my thought... | |
 | Alexander Campbell Fraser - 1895 - 352 pages
...accused of atheism doth most demonstrate religion ; that is the school of Leucippus, and Democritus, and Epicurus — for it is a thousand times more credible...this order and beauty, without a divine marshal." Then hear Descartes : " With respect to God, if I were not preoccupied by prejudices, and my thought... | |
 | Alexander Campbell Fraser - 1897 - 318 pages
...accused of atheism doth most demonstrate religion ; that is the school of Leucippus, and Democritus, and Epicurus — for it is a thousand times more credible...this order and beauty, without a divine marshal." Then hear Descartes : " With respect to God, if I were not preoccupied by prejudices, and my thought... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1897 - 448 pages
...produced this Order and Beauty without a 20 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 as8 he rather saith it by rote to himselfe, as that he would have',... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - 1899 - 430 pages
...accused of atheism doth most demonstrate religion : that is, the school of Leucippus, and Democritus, and Epicurus, for it is a thousand times more credible...is not said, " The fool hath thought in his heart ; " BO as he rather saith it by rote to himself, as that he would have, than that he can thoroughly... | |
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