 | Francis Bacon - 1825 - 538 pages
...them, except they be very great. . 21. Without good-nature, man is but a better kind of vermin. 22. God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. 23. The great atheists indeed are hypocrites, who are always handling holy things, but without feeling... | |
 | Richard Baxter - 1830 - 622 pages
...ita ut sunt loquere. Bias in Laert. Leg. Pauli Scaligeri Theses de Archetypo Mundo, Ep. Cath. 1. 14. God never wrought miracle to convince Atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. Lord Bacon, Essay 16. Nee vero Deos ipse, qui intelligitnr a nobis, alio modo intelligi potest, nisi... | |
 | Charles Bowker Ash - 1831 - 648 pages
...conduce to the better understanding thereof. NOTE 5. Which through creation has been writ in gold? " God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it."—BACON. Quis est tam vecors, qui cnm inspexerit in ccelum, mm sentiat Dcum esse?—Cir. NOTE... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1833 - 228 pages
...Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind ; and, therefore, God never wrought miracles to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince...minds about to religion ; for, while the mind of man locketh upon the second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no farther ; but when... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - 1834 - 376 pages
...believe all the fables in the legend and the Talmud and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind ; and therefore God never wrought miracle...works convince it. It is true that a little philosophy inclines man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion ; for... | |
 | James Davies (independent minister of Haverhill.) - 1835 - 148 pages
...objection possessed validity, Lord Bacon's maxim must be reversed, namely, "A little philosophy inclinetlt man's mind to atheism ; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion." " But, " It was produced by fear." This is a very old atheistical device, to evade an insurmountable... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1838 - 894 pages
...see them, except they be very great. 21. Without good-nature, man is but a better kind of vermin. 22. God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it 23. The great atheists indeed are hypocrites, who are always handling holy things, but without feeling;... | |
 | Hosea Ballou, George Homer Emerson, Thomas Baldwin Thayer, Richard Eddy - 1847 - 444 pages
...than that of any other science, affords a > striking verification of the truth of Lord Bacon's remark, that " a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to...philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion." As yet, however, it must have been perceived, the cosmogony of Moseb, properly so called, has not engaged... | |
 | Robert Mushet - 1847 - 524 pages
...restores us to the light of day. 12. The saying of Bacon is familiar to all : " A little knowledge inclineth man's mind to atheism ; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion." The same idea is elegantly conveyed in a verse of Pope's admirable Essay on Criticism : " A. little... | |
 | 1847 - 598 pages
...God never wrought a miracle to convince Atheism, because his ordinary works convince it ; — it IB true that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to Atheism ; but depth in philosophy bringetli men's minds about to religion : for while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered,... | |
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It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism ; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion... 
