...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...therefore atheism did never perturb states ; for it VOL. I. L makes men wary of themselves, as looking no farther, and we see the times inclined to atheism...

...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...therefore atheism did never perturb states; for it VOL. I. L makes men wary of themselves, as looking no farther, and we see the times inclined to atheism...

...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." In point of fact, the misrepresentation of a deity, leads immediately to the denial of his existence...

...may be guides to an outward morality, even though religion were not. But, superstition dismounteth all these, and erecteth an absolute monarchy in the...minds of men. Therefore atheism did never perturb States."*—Essay 18. Would not Bacon have qualified this proposition, if he had lived in our own days...

...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 : therefor atheism did never perturb states." Again, " We see the times inclined to atheism . . as...

...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 hath been the confusion of many states, andbringeth in a new primum mobile, that ravisheth all the spheres of Government." Bacon's Moral Essay...

...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...in the minds of men ; therefore Atheism did never purturb states: for it makes men wary of themselves, as looking no farther, and we seethe times inclined...

...outward moral virtue, though religion vvere not; but superstition dismounts all these, and erecleth an absolute monarchy in the minds of men; therefore...Atheism did never perturb states : for it makes men nary of themselves, as looking • To tell what he is, you must be himself. Even with the human dupes...

...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 Czsar) were civil times : but superstition hath been the confusion of many states, and bringeth in...

...men 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...did never perturb states ; for it makes men wary of them* The treatise from which the above extract is made, was so much eftteemed by the Christian Church,...