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" Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation; all which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, though religion were not; but superstition dismounts all these, and erecteth an absolute monarchy in the minds... "
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by Francis Bacon - 1850
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Queen Mab, with Notes

Percy Bysshe Shelley - 1842 - 230 pages
...man to sense, »o philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation: all which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, though religion were not ; but...minds of men ; therefore Atheism did never perturb suttes : for it makes men wary of themselves, as looking no farther, and we see the times inclined...
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"The Man Paterson.": God Versus Paterson. The Extraordinary Bow-street ...

1844 - 94 pages
...man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation, all which may be guides to an outward moral virtue though religion were not ; but...the confusion of many states, and bringeth in a new primum mobile that ravisheth the sphere of government." Plutarch, too, in his treatise on the same...
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Curiosities of literature, ed. by H. Mead

Henry Mead - 1846 - 254 pages
...man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation : all which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, though religion were not ; but...times inclined to atheism (as the time of Augustus Cajsar) were civil times but superstition hath been the confusion of many states, and 'bringeth in...
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The Divine Legation of Moses Demonstrated, Volume 2

William Warburton - 1846 - 542 pages
...addresses himself very strenuously, to make out this important point. " Atheism " (saith his Lordship) " did never perturb States : for it makes men wary of...times inclined to Atheism, as the time of Augustus Csesar, were civil times. But Superstition hath been the confusion of many States ; and bringeth in...
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Bacon: His Writings, and His Philosophy, Volume 1

George Lillie Craik - 1846 - 778 pages
...man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation ; all which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, though religion were not ; but...erecteth an absolute monarchy in the minds of men. Of the Eighteenth, entitled ' Of Travel,' first published in 1625, it may be enough to give the concluding...
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The works of Alexander Pope, with notes and illustrations, by ..., Volume 4

Alexander Pope - 1847 - 524 pages
...man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation ; all which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, though religion were not : but...; for it makes men wary of themselves, as looking DO further." It is extremely remarkable, that this last paragraph comprehends all that Bayle has said...
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The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England: With a ..., Volume 1

Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1848 - 594 pages
...therefore atheism did never perturb states ; for it makes men wary of themselves, as looking no further, and we see the times inclined to atheism (as the time...superstition hath been the confusion of many states, andbringeth in a new " primum mobile," thatravisheth all the spheres of government. The master of superstition...
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The Passions: Or, Mind and Matter

John Gideon Millingen - 1848 - 496 pages
...themselves, as looking no farther; and we see the times inclined to Atheism (as the time of Augustus Caasar) were civil times ; but superstition hath been the confusion of many states, and bringeth in a new '•primum mobile] that ravisheth all the spheres of government." Shaftesbury expresses himself in...
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A Treatise on the Conduct of the Understanding

John Locke - 1849 - 372 pages
...man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation : all which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, though religion were not; but...the confusion of many states, and bringeth in a new " pi irnum mobile," that ravisheth .all the spheres of government. The master of superstition is .the...
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The Bible of Nature, and Substance of Virtue: Condensed from the Scriptures ...

John Stewart - 1849 - 244 pages
...man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation : all which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, though religion were not ; but...times inclined to atheism (as the time of Augustus Csesar) were civil times; but superstition hath been the confusion of many states, and bringeth in...
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