 | Treasury - 1869 - 474 pages
...expletives their feeble aid to join^ And ten low words oft creep in one dull line. Part ii. Line 144. * A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism,...philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. LORD BACON. Essay on A theism. t ' High characters,' cries one, and he would see Things that ne'er... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1869 - 420 pages
...and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a Mind. And therefore God never wroiight miracle to convince Atheism; because his ordinary works convince it. It is true that a little phi. losophy inclineth man's mind to Atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1869 - 140 pages
...in Spenser's FQ, ' That treasons could bewray and foes convince;' and in Bacon's Essays (Atheism), ' God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.' * Limbeck] A vessel charged with fumes or vapours. A limbec or alembic is a chemical vessel used in... | |
 | William Smith, Benjamin Nicholas Martin - 1870 - 482 pages
...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 mclineth man's mind to Atheism ; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to Religion : for,... | |
 | Anglican and International Christian Moral Science Association - 1870 - 626 pages
...are radically and in essence incompatible the one with the other. And hence Lord Bacon has well said, that 'a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to...philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion 1 .' 1 Essay XVI. p. 47 Bohn's edition. CHAPTER VII. THE SYSTEMS OF PANTHEISM IN THEIR RELATION TO... | |
 | Gouverneur Mather Smith - 1870 - 82 pages
...our country. I recall in this connection the words of Bacon : — " A little philosophy inclineth a man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion." Of our annual orators, Francis, Manley, Smith, Stewart, Swett, and Watson have passed away. Their discourses... | |
 | Ambrose Lewis Vago - 1871 - 144 pages
...in proportion as the minds of men are more trained to the investigation of truth." — SYDNEY SMITH. "It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's...bringeth men's minds about to religion : for while tne mind qf man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and" go no 'further;... | |
 | Susan Orr - 1995 - 268 pages
...begins by siding rather forcefully with the belief in divine order and providence. He acknowledges that "It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's...philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. . . ."59 The entire essay is an attempt to persuade the reader that philosophy is harmless, that it... | |
 | Rose-Mary Sargent - 1995 - 374 pages
...religion ." Cf. Bacon, The Essayes or Counsels, Civil and Morall, essay 16, "Of Atheism," where he wrote that "a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to...philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion" (Works of Bacon 12: 1 32). 44. Boyle, Usefulness of Natural Philosophy, pt. 1, essay 5, in Works 2:... | |
 | Michael Anthony Corey - 1995 - 474 pages
...science alone will probably never be able to answer. XIII. Evolution and the Nature of the Miraculous God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. - Francis Bacon The word "miracle" means different things to different people. For some, it means a... | |
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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... 
